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STATUTE  I.— 1864. 


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Compensation  of  officers  and  employees  in  the  departments  at  Richmond.  An  Act  to  continue  in  force 
and  amend  the  provisions  of  an  act,  approved  January  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
four,  increasing  the  compensation  of  certain  officers  and  employees  in  the  civil  and  legislative 
departments  at  Richmond.     May  13,  1864,  ch.  1 253 

Withdrawal  from  the  Treasury  of  money  contributed  by  the  ladies  of  South  Carolina  to  bw'ld  an  iron- 
clad gun-boat.  An  Act  to  authorize  the  withdrawal  from  the  Treasury  of  money  contributed  to 
build  an  iron-clad  gun-boat  by  ladies  of  the  State  of  South  Cirolina,  and  deposited  therein. 
May  19,  1864,  ch,  2 253 

Passports  for  members  of  Congress.     An  Act  to  provide  passports  for  Senators  and  Representatives  in 

Congress  when  traveling  in  the  Confederate  States.     May  23,  1864,  ch.  3 254 

Franking  privilege  extended.     An  Act  to  extend  the  franking  privilege.     May  23,  1864,  ch.  4 254 

Commissaries  for  regiments  of  cavalry.     An   Act   to  authorize    the-  appointment  of  commissaries  for 

regiments  of  cavalry.     May  23,  1864,  ch.  5 254 

Machinery.  &c,  for  railroads  admitted  free  of  duty.     An  Act  to  exempt  railroad  companies  from  the 

payment  of  certain  duties.     May  23,  1864,  ch  6 254 

Redemption  of  old  issue  of  treasury  notes  held  by  certain  Indian  Tribes.  An  Act  to  provide  for  the 
redemption  of  the  old  issue  of  treasury  notes  held  by  certain  Indian  Tribes.  May  24,  1864, 
ch.  7 255 

Appointment  of  officers  with  temporary  rank  and  command.     An  Act  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of 

officers  with  temporary  rank  and  command.     May  31,  1864,  ch.  8, 255 

Certain  State  officers  allowed  to  purchase  forage.  An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  aid 
any  State  in  communicating  with  and  perfecting  records  concerning  its  troops,"  approved  six- 
teenth February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four.     May  31,  1864,  ch.  9, 255 

Appointment  of  Ensign  for  each   battalion  of  infantry.     An  Act  to  amend   an  act   entitled    "  An  act 

creating  the  office  of  ensign  in  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States."     May  31,  1861,  ch.  10, 255 

Appointment  of  Chaplains  to  battalions  and  general  hospitals.     An  Act  to  amend  the    several  acta  iu 

regard  to  chaplains.     May  31,  1864,  ch.  11, 256 

Appointment  of  disbursing  clerk  in  War  Department.  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  a  dis- 
bursing clerk  in  the  War  Department.     May  31,  1864,  ch.  12, 256 

Compensation  and  milea/e  of  members  and  officers  of  Congress.  An  Act  to  regulate  the  compensation 
and  mileage  of  members  of  Congress  and  increase  the  compensation  of  the  officers  of  the  Senate 
and  House  of  Representatives.     June  2,  1861,  ch.  13 256 

Printing  of  the  Laws.     An' Act  to  secure  the  prompt   printing  of  the  laws  of  the  Confederate   States. 

June  3,  1864,  eh.  14, '257 

Elections  for  representatives  in  Congress  in  State  of  Tennessee.  An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An 
act  to  provide  for  holding  elections  of  Representatives  in  the  Congress  of  the  Confedera'e 
States  in  the  State  of  Tennessee/'  approved  May  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three. 
June  3,  1864,  ch.  15, 257 

Transportation  <»  officers  traveling  under   orders.      An  Act  to  furnish   transportation  to  officers  of  the 

army  and  navy  whilst  traveling  under  orders.    June  4,  1864,  ch.  16, ,,....  258 


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Appointment  of  additional  military  storekeepers.     An  Act  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  additional 

military  storekeepers  in  the  provisional  army  of  the  Confederate  States.     June  4,  1S64,  ch.  17,  258 

Change  of  times  and  p  aces  of  holding  district  courts.  An  Act  to  authorize  the  judges  of  the  district 
courts  of  the  Confederate  States  to  appoint  and  change  the  times  and  places  of  holding  the 
courts  in  their  respective  districts.     June  4,  1864,  ch.  18 258 

New  post-routes  established.     An  Act  to  establish   certain   post-routes  therein  named.     June  4,  1864, 

ch.  19 250 

Bounty  allowed  to  certain  officers,  &c,  of  the  navy  and  of  the  marine  corps.  An  Act  to  extend  to  the 
navy  and  marine  corps  the  provisions  of  the  third  section  of  "An  act  to  organize  forces  to  serve 
during  the  war,"  approved  February  seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four.  June 
7,  1864,  ch.  20, 259 

Certain  officers,  &c,  of  the  navy  and  of  the  marine  corps  may  be  retired  or  discharged  from  service. 
An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  an  Invalid  Corps,"  approved  seventeenth 
February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four.     June  7,  1864,  ch.  21, 2C0 

Punishment  of  the  cavalry  for  lawlessness.  An  Act  to  promote  the  effic  ency  of  the  cavalry  of  the  pro- 
visional army,  and  to  punish  lawlessness  and  irregularities  of  any  portions  thereof.  June  7, 
1864,  ch.  22 ,260 

Rations  to  officers  of  the  army  and  navy.  An  Act  to  amend  the  act  approved  February  seventeenth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty -four,  entitled  "An  act  to  allow  commissioned  officers  of  the  army 
rations,  and  the  privilege  of  purchasing  clothing  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department."  June 
7,  1864,  ch.  23, 260 

Exemption  of  certain  denominations  af  Christians  from  military  service.     An  Act  to  amend  so  much  . 
of  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  organize  forces, to  serve   during   the  war,"   approved    February 
seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty  four,  as  relates  to  the  exemption  of  certain  religious 
denominations.     June  7,  1864,  ch.  24 261 

Supplies  of  small  stores  to  enlisted  men  of  the  navy.  An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  regu- 
late the  supplies  of  clothing  to  enlisted  men  of  the  navy  during  the  war,"  approved  April 
thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three.     June  7,  1864,  ch.  25...... 261 

Transportation  in  kind  to  members  of  Congress.     An  Act  to  provide  transportation   in  kind   in  certain 

cases  to  members  and  delegates  in  Congress.    June  8,  18§4,  ch.  26, 261 

Pay  and  allowances  to  persons  on  detailed  service.  An  Act  to  provide  for  the  compensation  of  non- 
commissioned officers,  soldiers,  sailors  and  marines  on  detailed  service.     June  9,  1864,  ch.  27...  261 

Compensation  of  commissioners  appointed  under  the  habeas  corpus  act.  An  Act  for  the  payment  of 
commissioners  appointed  under  the  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  suspend  Ihe  privilege  of  the  writ  of 
habeas  corpus  in  certain  cases,"  and  to  confer  certain  powers  upon  said  commissioners.  June 
9,  1864,  ch.  28 262 

Pay  of  non-commissioned  officers,  privates  and  musicians,  increased.  An  Act  to  increase  the  compensa- 
tion of  the  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States. 
June  9,  1864,  cb.  29...... 2o2 

Nitre  and  Mining  Bureau.     An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  establish  a  Nitre  and  Mining 

Bureau,"  approved  April  twenty-second,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty  three.     June  9, 1864,  ch.  30,  263 

Appropriations  for  the  postal  service.  An  Act  making  appropriations  for  the  postal  service  of  the 
Confederate  States  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  and  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-three.     June  10,  1864,  eh.  31 263 

Tax  in  kind.     An  Act  to  amend  the  laws  relating  to  the  tax  in  kind.     June  10,  1864,  ch.  3,2, 264 

Organization  of  forces  to  serve  during  the  war.  An  Act  to  amend  "An  act  to  organize  forces  to  serve 
during  the  war,"  approved  February  seventeenth,  eighteen  htindred  and  sixty-four.  June  10, 
1864,  ch.  33, 264 

Additional  tax  assessed  on  all  subjects  of  taxation,  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty -four.     An 

Act  to  raise  money  to  increase  the  pay  of  soldiers.     June  10,  1864,  ch.  34 265 

Salary  of  the  Treasurer.     An  Act  concerning  the  salary  of  the  Treasurer.     June  10,  1864,  ch.  35, 265 

Tax  remitted  on  slaves  lost  to  the  owners  by  the  acts  of  the  enemy.  An  Aft  to  amend  an  act  entitled 
"An  act  for  the  relief  of  tax  payers  in  certain  cases,"  approved  February  thirteenth,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-four.     June  10,  1864,  ch.  36,.... 265 

Pay  of  general  offi.cers.     An  Act  to  graduate  the  pay  of  general  officers.     June  10,  1864,  ch.  37, 265 

Appointment  of  additional  officers  of  artillery.     An  Act  to    authorize   the    appointment  of  additional 

officers  of  artillery  for  ordnance  duties.     Juno  10,  1864,  ch.  38, 266 

Appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Government.  An  Act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of 
the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  from  July  1  to  December  31,  1864,  and 
to  supply  a  deficiency.     June  13,  1864,  ch.  39 266 

Exchange  of  ten  year  eight  per  cent,  convertible  bonds  for  ten  year  eight  per  cent,  coupon  bonds.  An 
Act  to  authorize  the  owners  of  the  registered  eight  per  cent,  ten  year  convertible  bonds,  issued 
under  the  provisions  of  the  act  approved  May  sixteenth,  eighteen,  hundred  and  sixty-one,  to 
exchange  the  same  for  coupon  bonds.     June  13,  1864,  ch.  40, 270 

Manufacture  of  spirituous  liquors.     An  Act  to  authorize  the  manufacture  of  spirituous  liquors  for  the 

use  of  the  army  and  hospitals.     June  14,  1864,  ch.  41, , '. 271 

Claims  for  property  taken  or  informally  impressed  for  ihe  use  of  the  army.     An  Act  providing  for  the 

establishment  and  payment  of  claims  for  a  certain  description  of  property  taken  or  informally  #• 

impressed  for  the  use  of  the  army.     June  14,  1864,  ch.  42, 271      .^ 

States  holding  old  issues  of  treasury  notes  may  exchange  one  half  for  new  issue  and  fund  the  other  half. 

An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  reduce  the  currency  and  to  authorize  a  new  issue  * 

of  notes  and  bonds,"  approved  February  seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four.     June 

14,  1864,  ch.  43 272    fr- 


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Tare*.     An  Act  to  amend  the  tax  law.     June  14,  1364,  ch^ll 273 

Compensation  of  heads  of  departments  and  others,  increased.  An  Act  t©  increase  the  compensation 
of  the  heads  of  the  several  Executive  Departments,  and  the  Assistant  Secretary  of  War  and 
the  Treasury,  and  of  the  Assistant  Attorney  General  and  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  and 
other  officers  therein  named.     June  14,  1864,  ch  45 275 

[\iy  of  clerks  in  the  office  of  the  Depositary.     An  Act  in  relation   to  the  pay  of  clerks  in  the  office  of 

the  Depositary.     June  14,  1864,  ch.  46 276 

Additional  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Government.  An  Act  making  additional  appropria- 
tions for  the  support  of  the  Government.     June  14,  1864,  ch.  47  276 

States  that  exchanged  Treasury  Notes  of  the  old  issue,  allowed  to  exchange  the  certificates  or  bonds 
received  for  the  new  issue.  An  Act  further  to  amend  "  An  act  to  reduce  the  currency  and  to 
authorize  a  new  issue  of  bonds  and  notes,"  approved  February  seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-four.    June  14,  1864,  ch.  48 Jfc 277 

Volunteer  Navy.     An  Act  to  amend  the  several  acts  in  relation  to  a  volunteer  navy.     June  14,  1864, 

ch.  49 277 

Provisional  Nary.  An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  create  a  provisional  navy  of  the 
Confederate  States,"  approved  May  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three.  June  14,  1864, 
ch.  50 277 

Companies.  &c,  composed  of  supernumerary  officers.  An  Act  to  authorize  the  formation  of  new  com- 
mands, to  be  composed  of  supernumerary  officers,  who  may  resign  to  join  such  commands, 
and  to  limit  and  restrict  the  the  appointment  of  officers  in  certain  cases.     June  14,  1864,  ch.  51  273 

Appointment  of  Quartermasters  and  Commissaries.  An  Act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  Quarter- 
masters and  Assistant  Quartermasters  and  Commissaries  and  Assistant  Commissaries  in  the 
provisional  army  in  certain  cases.     June  14,  1864,  ch  52 278 

Military  Courts.  An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  organize  military  courts  to  attend  the 
army  of  the  Confederate  States  in  the  field,  and  to  define  the  powers  of  said  courts."  June  14, 
1864,  ch.  53 , 279 

Military  Courts.  An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  '  An  act  to 
organize  military  courts  to  attend  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States  in  the  field,  and  to  define 
the  powers  of  said  courts,' "  approved  February  thirteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four. 
June  14,  1864,  ch.  54 , 280 

Commutation  value  of  hoepital  rations.     An  Act  to  amend  the  laws  relating  to  the  commutation  value 

of  hospital  rations.     June  14,1864,  ch.  55 280 

Imports.  An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  prohibit  the  importation  of  luxuries  or  of  arti- 
cles not  necessaries  or  of  common  use,"  approved  February  sixth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
four.     June  14,  1864,  ch.  56 280 

Military  Courts.  An  Act  to  amend  an  aet  entitled  "An  act  to  organize  military  courts  to  attend  the 
army  of  the  Confederate  States  in  the  field,  and  to  define  the  powers  of  said  courts,"  approved 
October  ninth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two.     June  14,  1864,  ch.  57 280 

General  Staff.     An  Act  to  provide  and  organize  a  general  staff  for  armies  in  the  field  to  serve  during 

the  war.     June  14,  1864,  ch.  58 2S1 

PUBLIC  RESOLUTIONS. 

Thanhs  of  Congress  to  North,  Carolina  Troops.  Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to  the  thirty.- 
fourth  and  thirty-eighth  regiments  of  North  Carolina  troops.     May  17,  1864 283 

Thanks  of  Congress  to  Texas  Brigade.  Joint  resolutions  of  thanks  to  the  Texas  brigade  in 
the  army  of  northern  Virginia.     May  17, 1864 283 

Thanks  of  Congress  to  Major  General  Hoke  and  Commander  Cooke,  and  their  commands. 
Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to  Major  General  Hoke  and  Commander  Cooke,  and  the  officers 
and  men  under  their  command,  for  the  brilliant  victory  over  the  enemy  at  Plymouth, 
North  Carolina.     May  17,  1864 . 283 

Thanks  of  Congress  to  Brigadier  General  Joseph  Fiunegan  and  his  command.  Joint  resolu- 
tion of  thanks  to  General  Finnegan  and  the  officers  and  men  of  his  command.  May  17, 
1864 283 

Thanks  of  Congress  to  Missiouri  officers  and  soldiers.  Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to  Mis- 
souri officers  and  soldiers  in  the  Confederate  service  east  of  the  Mississippi  river.  May 
22,  1864 284 

Thanks  of  Congress  to  Major  General  N.  B.  Forrest  and  his  command.  Joint  resolution  of 
thanks  to  Major  General  N.  B.  Forrest,  and  the  officers  and  men  of  his  command,  for 
their  campaign  in  Mississippi,  west  Tennessee  and  Kentucky.     May  23,  1864 28i 

Auditing  accounts  of  members'  of  Congress  for  pay  and  mileage.  Joint  resolution  authoriz- 
ing the  auditing  of  accounts  of  members  for  pay  and  mileage.     May  23,  1864 284 

Standing  Committees  of  Congress  to  be  furnished  copies  of  the  laws.  Joint  resolution  re- 
quiring the  Department  of  Justice  to  furnish  the  standing  committees  of  the  two  Houses 
with  printed  copies  of  the  acts  of  Congress.     May  23,  1864 284 

Jurisdiction  and  sovereignty  of  Virginia  to  be  maintained.  Joint  resolution  responsive  to 
the  resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Virginia,  asserting  the  jurisdiction  and 
sovereignty  of  the  State  of  Virginia  over  her  ancient  boundaries.     June  4,  1864 285 

Thanks  of  Congress  to  the  ninth  regiment  of  Texas  infantry.  Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to 
the  ninth  regiment  of  Texas  infantry.    June  4,  1SG4..... 285 


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No.  11.  Thank*  of  Congress  to  Major  General-Richard  Taylor  and  his  command.  Joint  resolution  of 
thanks  to  Major  General  Richara  Taylor,  and  the  officers  and  men  of  his  command. 
June  10,  1864 285 

No.  12.  Transportation  and  hfispital  accommodations  allowed  sick  and  wounded  officers.  Joint  reso- 
lution to  allow  sick  and  wounded  officers  of  the  army  transportation  to  their  homes  and 
hospital  accommodations.     June  10,  1864 ;..  285 

No.  13.  Principles  and  purposes  of  the  Confederate  States  in  relation  to  the  existing  war  with  the 
United  States.  Joint  resolutions  declaring  the  dispositions,  principles  and  purposes  of  the 
Confederate  States  in  relation  to  the  existing  war  with  the  United  States.    June  14,  1864  286 


PUBLIC  ACTS  OF  THE  SECOND  CONGRESS 

OF   THE 

CONFEDERATE    STATES, 


Passed  at  the  first  session,  which  was  oegun  and  held  at  the  city  of 
Richmond,  in  the  State  of  Virginia,  on  Monday,  the  second  day  of 
May,  A.  D.,  1864,  and  ended  on  Tuesday,  the  fourteenth  day  of 
June,  A.  D.,  1864. 

Jefferson  Davis,  President.  Alexander  EL  Stephens,  Vice- 
President,  and  President  of  the  Senate.  Thomas  S.  Bocock, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 


Chap.    I. — An   Act  to  continu&in  force   and   amend  the  provisions  of  an  act,  approved      May  13,  1864. 

January  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  increasing  the  compensation  of  cer- '■ 

tain  officers  and  employees  in  the  civil  and  legislative  departments,  at  Richmond. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,    That     Provision  of  the 

the  provisions  of  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  increase  the  compensation  act  of  January  30, 

of  certain  civil  officers  and  eniplovees  in  the  President's  office,  and  in?®8**  "lcreasl.ng 
■n  •  i    t       •  i     •         t\  -rf   i  i      p  v     -i.    j  tDe    compensation 

Jixecutive   and   Legislative  JJepartments,  at  iiichniond,  tor  a  limited  oi -certain  ciril  offi- 

period,"  approved  January  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred   acd   sixty-four,  cers  and  employees 

be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  continued   in  force   until  the  first  daydffo*  *  limited 

January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five,  and   that  the  benefits  of  the  fn  f  ,rce  ti]1  jan. 

said    act   be,   for  the  time   aforesaid,  continued    to  such    clerks  of  the  uarv  1,  1865. 

Treasury  Department  as  have  recently  been  removed  from  Richmond  to     Benefiis  of  the 

Columbia,  South  Carolina,  and  such  other  clerks  as  may  be  there  em-  ej^8  employed  in 

ployed.  Columbia,      South 

Approved  May  13,  1864.  Carolina 


Chap.  IT. — An  Act  to  authorize  the  withdraxoal  from  the   Treasury  of  money  contributed      May  19,  1864. 
to  build  an  iron-clad  gun-boat  by  ladies  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina^and  deposited 
therein. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  Maney  contrib- 
the  sum  of  thirty  thousand  dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  appro-  n*e^  by,  tb°  ,ad.ies 
priated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  t0  build  an  iron- 
to  be  expended,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  in  clad  gunboat,  ap- 
the  construction  of  iron-clad  vessels  at  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  this  propriated  for  th» 


254  SECOND  CONGRESS.  '  Sees.  I.*    Ch.  3,  4,  5,  6.     1864. 


construction  ofamounfc  haying  been  contributed  by  the  ladies  of  South  Carolina  for  this 
To^L:rh'°^>  ">d  paid  into  the  Treasury. 
Approved  May  19,  1864. 


iy  23   1864.       Cha».  III. — An  Act  to  provide  pawports  for   Senators  and  Representative*  in  Congress* 
—  when  travelling  in  the  Confederate  States. 


lassporte  to  be  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
furnished  to  Sena-  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  State  of  the  Confederate  States* 
taiives  in  Congress" to  f"™^)  without  application,  each  Senator  and  Representative  in  Con- 
an <f  officers  of  each  gress,  delegate  and  officer  of  each  House,  with  a  certificate  under  seal, 
House.  setting  forth  the  official  character  of  such  Senator  or  Representative, 

delegate  or  officer;  and  such  certificate,  when  exhibited,  shall  entitle- 
the  person  to  whom  it  is  issued  to  travel  without  other  evidence,  of  any 
kind,  in  all  parts  of  the  Confederate  States,  except  that  it  shall  not  en- 
title him  to  visit  an  army  or  vessel  of  war  against  the  orders  of  the*. 
commanding  officer  thereof. 
Approved  May  23,  1864. 


May  23,  1864  Chap.  IV. — An  Act  to  extend  the  franking  privilege,. 


Pranking  privi-       The   Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That 
lege  extended.        the  provisions  of  the  first  proviso  of  the  fifth  section  of  the  act  entitled 
"  An  act  to  prescribe  the  rates  of  postage  in  the  Confederate  States  of 
1861,  Feb.  23.      America,   and   for  other   purposes/'  approved*  twenty-third   February, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  be  extended  to  the  agent  of  the  Post- 
Office  Department  west  of  the  Mississippi,  and  to  the  Auditor  for  the 
trans-Mississippi  Department,  upon  all  matter  connected  with  the  ad- 
justment and  settlement  of  postal  accounts. 
Approved  May  23, 1864. 


May  23,  1864.       Chap.  V. — An  Act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  commissaries  for  regiments  of  cavalry 

Commissaries al-  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
lowed  regiments  of  from  anj  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  there  shall  be  allowed  to  each 
cava  ry.  regiment  of  cavalry  in  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States,  one  commis- 

Rank,  pay  and  gary,  with  the  same  rank,  pay  and  allowances  as  are  now  allowed  by  law 
allowances.  %Q  ^e  quartermaster  of  such  regiment. 

Approved  May  23,  1864.  • 


May  23,  1864.       Chap.  VI. — An  Act  to  exempt  railroad  companies  from  the  payment  of  certain  ditties. 


Machinery,  ma-  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
tesiais,  &c,  neccs-  all  machinery  and  materials  in  any  wise  necessary  for  the  construction, 
s&ry  for  railroads,  eqUipment  and  operation  of  railroads,  imported  by  any  railroad  company 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  7,  8,  9.     1864.  255 

for  its  own  use,  and  all  engines,  cars,   and   other  rolling  stoek,  for  use  admitted    free   of 
upon  any  railroad,  be  admitted  free  of  duty  during  the  existing  war.      dutJ« 
Approved  May  23,  1864. 


Chap.  VII, — An  Act  to  provide  for  the  redemption  of  the  oid   issue  of  treasury  notes      May  24,  1864. 
held  by  certain  Indian  tribes.  ■ -' 


The  Congress  of  tke  Confederate    States  of  America  do  enact,    That     New   notes  au- 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorised  to  issue  tnorized  to  be  ia- 
to  the  treasurers  or  other  authorized   agents  of  the  several  nations  of  In-^iannationsainex" 
disms,  connected  with  or  friendly  to  the  Confederate  States,  in  exchange  change  for  aDy  of 
for.  any  of  the  treasury  notes  held  by  the  said  nations,  or  by  individuals the  treasury  notes 
thereof,  on  the  first  day  of  July  next,  new   notes  of  the  issue   provided  diViduals  hereof 
for  by  the  act  entitled  "An  act  to  reduce  the  currency  and  to  authorize  on  the  1st  of  Julyj 
a  new   issue  of   notes  and    bonds,"     approved   February  seventeenth, 1861- 
eighteen   hundred    and    sixty-four,  without   any  deduction :    Provided    proviso. 
hotSever,  That  not  more   than  one   hundred  and   fifty  thousand   dollars 
shall  be  so  exchanged:  And  provided  further,    That  the  redemption  of    Further  prov.'so. 
the  notes  held  by  the  said  nations,  or  by  such   individual  Indians,  shall 
be  under  the  direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs,  who  shall 
ascertain   the  amounts  of  note3  bona  fide  he  Id   by  the  same,  and   take 
care  that  no  frauds  be  committed  in  the  execution  of  this  act. 

Approved  May  24,  1864. 


Chap,  VIII. — An  Act  to  provide  for   the  appointment  of  officers   with   temporary  rank      May  31    1864. 

and  command.  


J  he  Cojiyress  of  >  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  Appointment  of 
.the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized,  by  and  with  the  advice  temporary  officers 
and  consent  of  the  Senate,  to  appoint  temporary  officers  of  the  rank  0f of  tQeran:iot  t,r'g- 

,'.•.,.  ,  -  a    t  't  i  i    r>        i      adier  general,  ma- 

brigadier  general,  major  general,  lieutenant  general  or  general  for  tnejor   general,  lieu- 
provisional  army,  and  assign  them  to  any  appropriate  command.  tenant  general  or 

Sec.  2.  TL«,t  tho  said,  officers,  so  appointed,  shall  only  hoxd  their  said  St'jra-1  • 

,  -i  ,i     •         •!  ix.  i    .•  ',1       .     J  •  Howlongtohold 

rank  and  th«ir  said  command,  for  such  time  as  the  temporary  exigency  tn  eir  rank  and 

may  require,  at   the  .expiration  of  which   time  they  shall  resume  their  command. 

previous  permanent  rank  and  command. 

Approved  May  81,  1864. 


Chap.  IX. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  aid  any  State  in  communicating/      May  31    1S64. 

with    and  perfecting   records   concerning    its    troops,"    approved   sixteenth    February, ■ 

eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four.  See  ante,  ch.  3J> 

page  190. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  g*ate  officers 
the  above  named  act  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  so  as  to  allow  commissioned  to 
to  the  State  officer  therein  named,  the  right  to  purchase  forage  for  one  communicate  W1th 
horse  in  addition  to  the  right  granted  thereby  to  purchase  one  ration,  states  allowed  to 
said  purchases  to  be  made  upon  the  same  terms  and  conditions,  and  purchase  forage, 
under  the  same  circumstances  under  which  officers  of  the  provisional 
army  may  be  allowed  to  purchase  rations  or  forage. 

Approved  May  31,  1864. 


256  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  10,  11,  12,  13.     1864. 

May  31,  1864.     Chap.  X. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  creating  the  office  of  Ensign  in  the 

army  of  the  Confederate  States." 


See  ante.  ch.  76, 
page  234. 

Appointment  of      The   Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
ensign    for    each  the  above  recited  act  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  so  as  to  allow 
atta  ion  o   in  an-  ^q  appointment  of  an  ensign  to  each  battalion  of  infantry. 

This  act  and  the      Sec.  2.  That  the  said  act,  and  this  amendment  thereto,  shall  be  under- 
act of  February  17,  stood  and  construed  to  apply  onjy  to  the  provisional  army  of  the  Con~ 

1864,    (ante,    page  federate  aiLt*  ft   J         J  V  J 

234,)  to  apply  only  leaerate  States. 

to   provisional       APPROVED  May  31,  1864. 

army. 


May  31, 1864.  Chap.  XL — An  Act  to  amend  the  several  acts  in  regard  to  chaplains. 


Appointment  of      jife  Qmc,re8S  0f  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

taiions  and  genei  *ne  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized,  by  and  with  the  advice 

ial  hospitals.         and  consent  of  the  Senate,  to  appoint,  when  in  his  judgment  it  may  be 

proper  to  do  so,  chaplains  to  battalions  and  to  general  hospitals,  who  shall 

Pay  and  allow-  receive  the  same  pay  and  allowances  now  authorized  by  law  to  chaplains 

ances'  appointed  to  regiments  and  posts. 

Approved,  May  31,  1864. 


May  31, 1864.      Chap.  XII.— An  Act  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  a  disbursing  clerk  in,  the  War 
— I •  department. 


Appointment  of  f1]^  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
thf  wlrSDerartD  ^iere  sta11  be  aPPOinted  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  a  clerk,  with  a  salary 
ment.  Salary.  Du-  of  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  who  shall  be  charged  with 
ties.    Bond.  making  the  disbursements  for  the  said  department,  and  who  shall  give 

a  bond,  with  sureties,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of  his 
Acts  repealed,     office,  in  such  sum  as  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  prescribe.    And  all  acts 
and  parts  of  acts  now  providing  for  the  appointment  and  salary  of  dis- 
Provisio    as   to  bursing  clerk  for  said  department  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed: 
y'  Provided,  said  salary  shall  not  continue  for  a  period  beyond  the  dura- 

tion of  the  war  with  the*  United  States. 
Approved  May  31, 1864. 


June  2,  1864.       Chap.  XIII. — An  Act  to  regulate  the  compensation  and  mileage  of  members  of  Congreis,, 
■       and  increase  the  compensation  of  the  officers  of  the  Senate  and  Mouse  of  Representa- 
tives. 


Compensation  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States -of  America  do  enact,  That 
and  mileage  o  f  foQ  compensation  and  mileage  ot  members  of  Congress,  the  first  year  of 
gress  the  second  Congress,  shall  be  double  the  amount  now  allowed  by  law. 

Compensation  Sec  2.  That  the  compensation  of  the  officers  of  Congress  for  one  year 
of  officers  ot  Gtjn-  from  the  passage  of  this  act  shall  be  double  the  amount  allowed  in  the 
l-iTch.  6Y  '  '  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  regulate  the  compensation  of  the  officers  of  the 
Senate  and  of  the  House  of  Representatives,"  approved  March  twenty- 
fourth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two;  and  officers  whose  appointment 
has  been  authorized  since  the  passage  of  said  act,  shall  be  entitled  to 
.the  same  compensation  as  officers  of  like  grade  named  therein  ;  but  the 
provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  operate  to  reduee  the  compensation  now 


SECOND  CODjpRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  14,  15:     1864.  257 

allowed  by  law  to  any  officer  of  the  Senate  or  of  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives. 

Approved  June  2,  1864, 


Chap.  XIV. — An  Act  to  secure  the  prompt  printing  of  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States.      June  3,  1864. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  Attorney  Gene- 
the  Attorney  General  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  employ,  from  additional  clerlcaJ 

•  time  to  time,  such  additional  clerical  force  as  he  may  deem  necessary  forCe  to  aid  the  law 
to  aid  the   law  clerk  to  prepare  promptly  for   publication,  immediately  clerk. 

after  the  adjournment  of  each  session  of  Congress,  the  acts,  resolutions 
and  treaties  of  the  Confederate  States,  adopted  during  the  session. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Attorney  General  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  Authorized  to 
to  contract  for  the  printing,  publishing  and  binding  of  the  acts,  resolu- eontr.act  for  tn® 
tions  and  treaties  adopted  at  each  session  of  Congress,  conformably  to  the  ^e  ^f^     reaolu- 

•  provisions  of  an  entitled  "  An  act  to  privide  for  the  safe  custody,  print- tions  and  treaties, 
ing,  publication  and  distribution  of  the  laws,  and  to  provide  for  the  See  acts  of  pro- 
appointment  of  an  additional  clerk  in  the  Department  of  Justice/'  0fS^°^g  5  lsfi6"8 
approved  fifth  of  August,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  whenever,  in 

his  judgment,    they   may   not   be    promptly   executed   by   the    public 
printer. 

Sec.  3.  That  all  the  printing  required  by  the  heads  of  the  several  execu-  Printing  for  the 
tive  departments  (the  Post-Office  Department  excepted,)  shall  be  executed  Executive  Depart- 

m^nts  untlsr  ctirGO-' 

under  the  direction  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Printing ;  and  such  tion  0f  sup't.  0f 
compensation  shall  be  paid  as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  the  heads  of  Public  printing, 
the  departments,  respectively,  and  the  contractor  or  contractors  doing  the     Compensation. 
work.     The  Superintendent  of  Public  Printing  shall  have  authority  to 
apportion  the  work  of  said  departments  among  any  number  of  contractors     Apportionme  n  t 
and  printing  establishments  that  may  be  necessary  to  secure  the  prompt  of  the  work, 
execution  thereof,  and  he  may  have  the  same  done  by  job  or  otherwise. 

Sec.  4.  In  addition  to  the  copy  of  the  laws  which  the  members  of  Number  of  copiea 
Congress  are  now  entitled  to  receive  by  law,  there  shall  be  delivered  to  of..t?e  l  &\8  t0c 
them  by  the  Attorney  General  one  copy  of  the  acts  of  each  session  of  congress  are  en- 
'Congress,  and  one  copy  of  the  laws  of  the  provisional  Congress«now  in  titled, 
course  of  publication,  and  hereafter  every  new  member  of  Congress  shall 
be  entitled  to  two  copies  of  said  laws. 

Approved  June  3,  1864. 


■ 


Chap.  XV. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  provide  for  holding  flections      June  3,  1864. 

of  Jtepresentatives  in  the  Congress  of  th-e  Confederate  States  in  the  State  of  Tennessee,"  

approved  May  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  Election  for  rep- 
tile act  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  holding  elections  for  Bepresen-  fesentatives  in 
tatives  in  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate,  States  in  the  State  of  Ten-  gtate  of  Tennessee, 
nessee,"  approved  May  first,  eighteen  hundred  *and  sixty-three,  be  Person  receiving 
amended  so  that  the  person  voted  for  as  representative  of  any  specified  Jhe  highest  °um' 
distriet,  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes  of  the  whole  vote  of  the  WDole  vote  of  the 
State,  shall  be  commissioned  as  representative  of  the  district  for  which  State,  to  be  com- 
he  is  voted  for.  missioned. 

Sec.  2.  That  in  all  elections  held  under  said  act,  polls  shall  be  opened  Where  polls  U 
jn  the  camps  of  the  army,  as  well  out  of  as  in  the  State,  and  the  election  be  °PeQed< 


358  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.^,  17,  18.    1864. 

How  election  shall  be  conducted  otherwise  as  provided  in  said  act  as  amended  by  this 

conducted.  act. 

Who  entitled  to      Sec.  3.  That  in  such  elections  all  "persons  entitled  to  vote  under  said 
Jaec*1"1  at  whataet  out  of  tne  county  of  their  residence,  shall  be  allowed  to  vote  at  any 
of  the  places  of  voting  out  of  the  State. 

Approved  June  3,  1864. 


June  4,  1864.      Chap.  XVI. — An  Act  to  furnish  transportation  to  officers  of  the  army  and  navy  while 
traveling  under'  orders. 


Officers  of  the  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
army  or  n  a v y. ,  officers  of  the  army  and  navy  while  traveling  under  orders  of  the 
oTdws^Howeci  War  or  Navy  Department,  shall  be  allowed  transportation  in  kind  for 
transportation,  themselves  and  their  personal  baggage,  and  ten  dollars  per  day  for 
and  expenses.  (  expenses  while  necessarily  traveling  in  the  execution  of  their  orders. 
Approved  June  4, 1864.  , 


June  4,  1864.      Chap    XVII. — An  Act  to  provide   for  the   appointment  of  additional  military  store~ 
'- keepers  in  the  provisional  army  of  the  Confederate  States. 


Appointment  of  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
additional  military  t]ie  presi<}ent  be  authorized  to  appoint  ten  military  storekeepers  of  ord- 
storeke  epersof  .       ,  ..         ,  n    i'    /V  ■ '  « ■  -  i  o  •  i  t  ,'■ 

ordnance  in  provi-  nance  m  the  provisional  army  oi  the  Confederate  btates,  in  addition  to 

sionai  army.  those  authorized  by  act  of  May  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three, 

See  ante  p.  161,  entitled  "  An  act  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  military  storekeepers 
Pay  and  allow-  ^n  the  provisional  army  of  the  Confederate  States,"  five  with   the  pay 
ances.  and  allowances  of  a  captain  of  infantry,  and  five  with  the  pay  and  allow- 

ances of  a  first  lieutenant  of  infantry. 
Bond.  Sec.  2.  That  military  storekeepers   of  the   first  class,  so  appointed, 

shall  be  required  to  give  the  usual  bonds  in  the  sum  of  twenty  thousand 
dollars,  and  those  of  the  second  class  in  the  sum-  of  ten  thousand  dollars. 
Proviso.  '  This  act  shall  be  in  force  from  and  after  its  passage  :  Provided,  That  no, 
one  shall  be  appointed  under  its  provisions  except?  persons  who  were  per- 
forming the  duties  of  acting  military  storekeepers  prior  to  January  first, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  or  have  become  incapacitated  by  wounds 
or  sickness  for  active  service. 
Approved  June  4,  1864. 


June  4,  1864.       Chap.  XVIII. — An  Act  to  authorize  the  judges  of  the  district  courts  of  the  Confederate 
■       States  to  appoint  and  change  the  times  and  places  of  holding  the  courts  in  their  respect- 
ive districts. 


Judges. of  the      The   Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

district  courts  em-  the  judges  of  the  district  courts  of  the  Confederate  States  have  power 

and^cha'n  ^t he  aacl  authority  to  appoint  ar_d  change  the  times  and  places  of  holding  the 

times  and  places  of  courts  in   their  respective  districts,  whenever,  in  their  judgment,  the 

holding  the  courts,  public  exigences  may  require ;  and  they  shall  have  power  in  term  time 

and  provide  for  the  or  at  chaniDerg   to  pass  all  necessary  orders  to  eiFect  such  appointment  or 
removal  of  the  re-    ,  „     .      '        *■ .  .  J    .  .       „       ,,  .  rK    ,  , 

cords  and  files.       change  oi  time  or  place,  and  to  provide  lor  the  removal  ot  the  records 
and  files  of  the  court. 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  19,  20.     1864.  2o9 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  coutiuue  in  force  only  daring  the  existence  of  th»    Aet  %o  continue 
present  war  with  the  United  States.  in  force  during  the 

war. 

Approved  June  4,  1864. 


Chap.  XIX — An  Act  to  establish  certain  post  routes  therein  named.  June. 4,  1864. 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  New  post-routes 
the  following  post  routes  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  established,  established, 
namely :  From  the  town  of  Americus,  in  Sumter  county,  Georgia,  by 
way  of  Ellaville,  in  Schley  county,  and  Buena  Vista,  in  Marion  county, 
to  Geneva,  in  Talbot  county,  Georgia.  Also  from  Black  Mingo  Post- 
Offie*,  in  Williamsburg  district,  South  Carolina,  to  Cautley's,  in  the 
same  district  and  State.  Also  from  Manchester,  in  Cumberland  county, 
North  Carolina,  to  Reedy -Branch,  in  the  same  county.  Also  from 
Rutherford  Court  House,  North  Carolina,  by  William  Huntley's,  Mc- 
Dauiel's  Mills,  near  Poor's  Ford,  E.  G.  Steadman's,  Big  Islaud,  on  Broad 
river,  Ford  Mills,  North  Carolina,  Arrowood  Post-Office,  South  Carolina, 
Buck  Creek  Post-Office,  South  Carolina,  to  Spartanburg  Court  House, 
South  Carolina.  Also  from  the  town  of  Jefferson,  Jackson  county,  to 
Gainsville,  in  Hall  county,  Georgia.  Also  from  Athens,  in  Clark  county, 
to  Lawrenceville,  Guinnet  county,  Georgia.  Also  from  Dahlonega,  -in 
Lumpkin  county,  by  way  of  Cleveland,  in  White  county,  to  Clarksville, 
in  Habersham  county,  Georgia.  Also  from  Independence,  Grayson 
oouaty,  Virginia,  by  way  of  Noah  Loug's,  John  L.  Harrington's  and 
Samuel  Perkins'  to  Big  Meadows,  in  the  said  county  of  Grayson.  Also 
from  Rye  Valley,  in  Smyth  eounty,  Virginia,  by  way  of  Esquire  Ross's, 
in  Grayson  county,  and  BridUtCreek,  to  Independence,  in  said  county 
of  G^yson.      Also  from  Big  Lick,   in  Roanoke   county,   Virginia,  to 

tocky  Mount,  Franklin  county,  by  way  of  Benbrook.     Also  from  War- 
ick  Post-Office,  in  Worth  county,   Georgia,  to   Vienna,   Dooly  county, 
Georgia.     Also  from  Isabella,  Worth   county,   Georgia,   to  Irwinville, 
Jrwin  county,  Georgia.     Also  from  Riedsville,  in   Rockingham  county, 
North  Carolina,  via  Wentworth  and  Leaksville,  in  said  county,  to  Ridg- 
way,  in  Henry  county,  Virginia.     Amend  route  No.  twenty-one  hundred     Roota  Ho.  2173 
aud  seventy-three  so  as  to  read  "  from  Fayetteville,  by  Lumber  Bridge,  aruended' 
Duqdarrach,  Malta,  Gilopolis,  Lawrenburg,  Springfield,   Gibson's  Store, 
and  Brightsville,  South  Carolina,  to  Cheraw,  South  Carolina." 
Approved  June  4,  1864. 


Chap.  XX. — An  Act  to   extend  to  the  navy  and  marine   corps  the  provisions  of  the  third      Jttne  7   1864." 

section  of  "  An    act    to  organize  fore.es  to    serve  during    the  war,"  approved  February  

seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  See  ante.  p.  211, 
the  provisions  of  the  third  section  of  the  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  or-  ch.  65,  ?  3. 
ganize  forces  to  serve  during  the  war,"  approved  February  seventeenth,  to  w0a"raBt  officers 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-tour,  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  extended  pilots,  <tc,  of  the 
to  the  warrant  officers,  pilots,  seamen,  ordinary  seamen,  landsmen  aud  n&vy,  and  to  noa 
boys  of  the  navy,- and  to  the  non-commissioned  officers,  musicians  and^"^1"^0^6 
privates  of  the  marine  corps.  &nd  privates  of  the 

Approved  June  7,  1864.  mMine  corj'8- 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Oh.  21,  22,  23.     1864. . 

June  1,  1864.       Chap.  XXI. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  an  Invalid    Corps," 
T<  approved  seventeenth  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four. 

eh^O  ante'  P'  2°3'       ^e  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That 

Ordinary  seamen,  tne  act  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  an  invalid  corps,"  approved  Feb- 

landsmen  and  boys  ruary  seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  be  extended  to  and 

of  the  navy,  and  held  to  embrace  the  ordinary  seamen,  landsmen  and   boys  of  the   navy, 
non-com  missioned        ■>   .-.  •     .         i      «>  ••  1       •      ,  «  .1  • 

officers,  &g.  of  the  and  tne  non-commissioned  omcers,  musicians  and  privates  of  the  marine 

marine  corps,  may  corps ;  and  that  assignments  to  duty  of  all  omcers,  men  and  boys  of  the 

be.  relieved  or  dis-  navy  and  of  the  marine  corps,  under  the  fourth  section  of  the  said  act, 

vice!ge      r°m  S6r" sna^  be  made  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy. 

Assignments    to       APPROVED   June  7,  1864. 
duty    to   be   made                                               ' 
by     Secretary     of 
the  Navy.  •  


June  7,  1864.        Chap.  XXII. — An  Act  to  promote  the  efficiency  of  the    cavalry  of  the  provisional  army, 
and  io  punish  lawlessness  and  irregularities  of  any  portions  thereof. 

When  olSGe:rs  or      The  Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That 
airy  may  be  dis- tne  commanding  general  of  any  army  in  the  field  shall  have  the  power 
mounted   and  to  direct  the  dismounting  of  any  non-commissioned  officer  or  officers,  sol- 
placed  m the infan-  &[eT  or  soldiers,  in  the  cavalry  service  in  his  command,  and  to  place  him 
or  them  in  the  infantry  ;  who  shall  misbehave  before  the  enemy,  or  shall 
be  guilty  of  illegally  wasting,  spoliating  or  appropriating  to  his  own  use 
any  private  property,  or  of  doing  any  violence  to  any  citizen. 
Horses  of  per-      Sec.  2.    That  the  horses  belonging  to  persons   so  dismounted,  araa 
sons     dismounted  which  they  may  have  had  in  the  service,  may  be  taken  for  the  use  of  the 

l'3iiitn  tor  tiiQ  use  01  -  '     ;  '•*  >         <j 

the  armv.    '  arrnv>  an(^  the  appraised  value  thereof  shall  be  paid  to  the  owner. 

Apprised  value      Approved  June  7",  186-4. 
paid  the  owner.  .  ' 


June  7,  1864.  Chap.  XXIII. — An  Act  to  amend,  the  act  approved  February   seventeenth,  eighteen   hun- 
dred  and  sixty-four,  entitled  "  An  act  to  allow  commissioned  officers  of  the  army  rations f 

See  ante.  p.  191  an<^  the  privilege  of  purchasing  clothing  from  the  Quartermaster's  Department." 
oh.  40. 

Rations  allowed      The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Stales  of  America  do  enact,    That 
officers  of  the  army  a]}  commissioned  officers  in  the  army  and  navy  shall  be  entitled  to  one 
navy.  ration,  and  all  commissioned  officers  in  the  field  and  afloat,  in  addition 

thereto,  shall  be  allowed  to  purchase  from  any  commissary  or  other  offi- 
cer required  to  issue  subsistence  to  soldiers,   marines,  or*  seamen,  at  the 
Number  of  ra- prime  cost  thereof,  including  transportation,  as  follows:  One  ration  each 
turns  omcers  allow-  fQY  0gjcers  0f  aQCj  below  the  rank  of  colonel ;  two  rations  each  for  officers 
of  the  rank  of  brigadier  general,  major  general,  and  lieutenant  general ; 
and  three  rations  each  for  a  general;  one  ration  each  for  commissioned 
officers   of  the   navy,  of  and   below   the   rank  of  commander,  and   two 
Rations  to  offi-  rations  each  for  officers  above  that  rank. 
oers.to  he  the  same      Sec.  2.  That  an  officer  shall  not  draw  or  purchase,  at  any  time,  more 
as  issued  to   pn-  0f  the  component  part  of  a  ration  than   is  issued   to  the  private  soldier 
VaAct  not  to  beat  the  same  time. 

oonsimed    as   al-      Sec.  3.  That  nothing  contained  in  this  act  or  the  act  to  which  this  is 
lowing    commuta-  an  amendment,  shall-  be  construed  as  allowing   commutation  for  rations. 
1  Offieernot allow-  or  as  authorizing  an  officer  to  receive  or  purchase  rations,  except  when 
ed  rations  except  he  requires  them  for  his  own  use. 
for  his  own  use.  gE0.  4.  That  this  act  shall  continue  in  force  only  during  the  war. 

How  long  act  in  ■ 

jftr0o.  "Approved  June  7,  1864. 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  24,  25,  26,  27.     1864.  261 

Chap.  XXIV. — An  Act  to  amend  so  much  of  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  organize  forces     June  7,  1864. 
to  serve  during  the  war,"  approved  February  seventeenth,  eighteen    hundred  and  sixty-  ■ 

four,  as  relates  to  the  exemption  of  certain  religious  denominations.  •  See  ante.  p.  211, 

ch.  65. 

The   Cohgress  of 'the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That     Exemptions 
the  Secretary  of  War   shall   be  authorized  'to  grant  exemptions  to  the  '""to"  tbe'mSm- 
menibers  of  the  various  denominations  of  Christians  mentioned  in  the  hers  of  certain  de- 
exemption  act  of  the  eleventh  W  October,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-nominations  of 
two,  who,  at  that  time,  belonged  to. the  same,  and  who  were  in  regular  Christians- 
association  therewith,  upon  the   terms  and   conditions  specified  in  that     Terms  and  con- 
act,  or  upon  such  other  terms  and  conditions  as  he  is  authorized  to  allow    ' 10ns" 
exemptions  or  grant  details  under  any  of  the  clauses  of  the  act  approved 
February  seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  to  which  this  is 
an  amendment. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized     Exemptions  may 
to  revoke  any  such  exemptions  under  the  act  aforesaid,  when  the  same  fraUd  or  error 
have  been  obtained  by  any  fraud,  misrepresentation  or  error. 

Approved  June  7,  1864. 


Chap.  XXV. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  regulate  the  supplies  of  cloth-      June  7,  1864. 

ing  to  enlisted  men  of  the  navy  during  the  war,"  approved  April  thirtieth,  eighteen  hun- 

•      dnd  and  sixty-three.  See  ante.  p.  132, 

ch.  55. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That     Supplies  of  small 
the  act  entitled  "  An  axjt  to  regulate  the  supplies  of  clothing  to  enlisted  s^™*\  ^enlisted 
men  of  the  navy  during  the  war,"  approved  April  thirtieth,  eighteen  men  of  the  navy, 
hundred  and  sixty-three,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,   amended   so  as  to 
authorize  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  to  issue  supplies  of  small  stores  to 
the  enlisted  men  of  the  navy,  upon  the  same  terms  as  provided  for  the      Upon  what 
clothing  authorized  by  said  act. 

Approved  June  7,  1864. 


Chap.  XXVI. — An  Act  to  provide  transportation  in  kind  in  certain  cases  to  members  and      June  8, 1864. 

delegates  in  Congress.  

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    Thatco^hmnanm^3ta^ 
whenever  the  usually  traveled   routes  between  the  homes  of  members  of  furnishtransporta- 
Congress  and  the  capital  are  interfered  with  by  the   enemy,  it  shall  be  tion   in    kind    to 
the  duty  of  military  commanders  to  facilitate  the  passage  of  members  and  members  and  dele- 
delegates  going  to  or  returning  from  Congress,  by  furnishing  transporta- ° 
tion  in  kind  for  any  distances  over  which  they  may  state  in  writing  they 
cannot  provide  themselves  with  transportation ;  and  such  written  appli- 
cation, endorsed  "furnished,"  by  the  party  receiving  the  transportation, 
shall  be  accepted  as  a  sufficient  voucher  for  the  expenditure  of  the  officer 
in  furnishing  the  same. 

Approved  June  8,  1864. 


CHAP.  XXVII. — An  Act  to  provide  for   the    compensation  of  non-commissioned   officers,      June  9,  1864. 

soldiers,  suiloTs,  and  marines  6n  detailed  sSrvice.  ' — 

# 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That  a ^t^rsf^a 
all  persoas  detailed  from  the  army  or  after  enrollment  for  military  ser-  detailed  service. 


262  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  28,  29.     1864. 

vice,  or  from  the  navy  or  marine  corps,  for  special  duty  or  extra  duty, 
shall  be  allowed  to  receive  their  regular  pay,  rations  and  allowances,  as 
if  they  were  performing  service  in  the  field. 
Additional  com-      gEC-  2.  That  all  such  detached  or  detailed  men  shall  he  allowed,  in 
■  addition,  not  exceeding  two  dollars  per  day,  and  compensation  for  all 
extra  work,  or  for  any  uncommon  skill  or  industry  displayed  in  the  per- 
formance of  duties  to  which  they  may  be  assigned,  in  proportion  to  the 
value  of  such  extra  labor  or  uncommon  Skill  or  industry,  whether  it  be 
in  performing  an   unusual  amount  of  work   withiD  the  usual  hours  of 
labor,  or  work  performed  beyond  the  usual  hours,  or  extraordinary  skill 
and  superior  workmanship  displayed  in  the  execution  of  such  duties,  the 
value  of  said  extra  labor  or  uncommon  skill  or  industry,  to  be  determined 
by  the  officer  or  superintendent  under  whose  immediate'   direction  said 
detached  or  detailed  service  may  be  performed,  subject  to  the  approval 
To  be  the  same  of  the  Secretary  of  War  or  Navy.     The  additional  compensation  provi- 
for  both  the  War  <jeci  in  this  section  shall  be  the  same  for  both  the  War  and   Navy  De- 
a      Mavy    eP  Apartments,  under  certain  rules  to  be  prescribed  by  the  President. 

Compensation  of      Sec.  3.  That  all  non-commissioned  officers,  musicians,  privates,  sailors 

persons  detailed  to  or  marines,  detailed  to  goverjjjaient  contractors,  shall  be  so  detailed  with- 

gov't  contractors.   out   pay  ancj    allowances,  but   shall   be  compensated  for   their  services 

by  wages  received  from  said  contractors,  under  rules  to  be  prescribed  by 

the  Secretary  of  War  or  of  the  Navy. 

Approved  June  9,  1864. 


June  9    1864.        Chap.  XXVIII. — An  Act  for  the  payment  of  commissioners  appointed  under  the  act  en-. 
,. ! *  titled  "  An  act  to  suspend  the  privilege  of  the  writ  of  habeas  corpus   in  certain  cases," 

See  ante.  p.  188       anc^  t0  confer  certain  powers  upon  said  commissioners. 
oh.  37.  ^ 

Compensation  of  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
commissioners  up-  the  commissioners  appointed  under  the  said  act  shall  be  entitled  to  re- 
pointed  under  the  ceive  the  compensation  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  each  per  month, 
priv^nlffe0  ofg  the  ?rom  ^e  date  of  their  respective  appointments,  until  the  expiration  of 
writ  of  hab  ens  their  service  ;  and  that  their  assistants  shall  be  allowed  one  hundred  and 
corpus.  fifty  dollars  per  month,  from  the  date  of  their  appointments,  respectively, 

Compensation  of       ^.i  ,i       '       ■      ,.  n ,-,     • 

their  assistants.      UQfcl1  the  expiration  of  their  service. 

fcaid  commis-  Sec  2.  That  the  said  commissioners  shall  have  the  powers  conferred 
sioners  to  have  the  Up0n  commissioners  appointed  by  the  district  courts  by  the  act  of  the 
uprrcomm£1ondProvisional  Congress,  approved  thirtieth  of  August,  eighteen  hundred 
ers  appointed  by  and  sixty-one,  and  numbered  two  hundred  and  seventy-three,  in  the  acts 
the  district  courts.  0f  the  said  Congress. 

Approved  June  9,  1864. 


June  9   1864         Chap.  XXIX.— ^n  Act  to  increase  the  compensation  of  the  non-commissioned  officers  and 
[ *  privates  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate  Stales; 


Pay  of  non-com-  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact ,_  That 
missioned  officers,  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  the  pay  of  the  non-commissioned 
privates  and  musi-  0fficer8j  privates  and  musicians  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States 
dans  increased.     ^  ^    he  game  .g  hereby>  jncreased  geveil  dollars  per  month  for  the 

period  oi  one  year  from  the  passage  of  this  act. 

Approved  June  9,  1864. 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  30,  5.1.     1864.  263 

Chap.  XXX. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  establish  a  Nitre  and  Mining      June  9,  1864. 
Bureau,,"  approved  April  tutenty-second,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixtyHhree. 


See  ante.  p.  114, 
ch.  35. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That     '"Officers  of  the 
the  act  approved  Aprjl  twenty-second,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-tfiree,  Ni(re  and  Mining 
constituting  the  Nitre  and  Mining  Bureau  an  independent  bureau  m  the  Burcau- 
War  Department,  be  amended  as  follows  :    That  the  Nitre  and  Mining 
Bureau  shall  consist  of  one  Colonel  as  Chief  of  bureau,  two  Lieuteuant 
Colonels,  six  Majors,  twelve  Captains,  who  shall  have  the  same  pay  and     pay  and  allow 
allowances  prescribed  for  officers  of  cavalry  of  the  same  grade.  ances. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,    That  chemists  and   professional  assis-     Appointment  of 
tants,  absolutely  essential  for  the  operations  of  the  bureau,  not  to  exceed  fes^onal  a^iscants 
six  of  each  class,  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  with  pay     pay. 
in  no  case  to  be  above  that  of  Lieutenant   Colonel  of  the  commissioned 
corps. 

Sec.  3.  That  this  act  shall  continue  in  force  only  during  the  present  e  How  long  actifl 
war. 

Approved  June  9,  1864. 


force. 


Chap.  XXXI. — An  Act  making  appropriations  for  tlie  postal  service  of  the  Confederate      June  10, 1864. 
States  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  and  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
three. 

Whereas,  in  the  administration  of  the  affairs  of  the  Post-Office  Depart-  Preamble, 
ment,  ia  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two  and  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-three,  current  expenses  for  mail  service  were  met  by  drafts  on 
postmasters,  for  accruing  postage  and  revenue  under  regulations  provid- 
ing for  subsequent  adjustment  of  such  transactions  at  the  treasury;  And, 
ivhereas,  it  appears  that  estimates  were  submitted  from  time  to  time  by 
the  Postmaster  General,  for  appropriations  by  Congress,  of  the  reve- 
nues of  the  Department  towards  the  •  necessary  expenses  thereof,  but 
from  some  cause  certafn  appropriations  estimated  for  in  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-two  and  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three  were 
omitted.     To  remedy  this  omission, 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That     Appropriations 
the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any  fo.T  the  Postal  ser- 
money  in  the  treasury,  being  the  revenues  arising  from  postage,  sales  of 
postage  stamps  and  emoluments  from  box  rents  for   the  years  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-two  and  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  no  appro- 
priations having  been  heretofore  made  for  those  years,  viz  : 

For  transportation  of  the  mails,  compensation  of  postmasters  and  For  the  yea? 
clerks,  ship,  steamboat  and  way  letters,  advertising,  mail  bags,  office  1862- 
furniture,  blanks  and  printing,  wrapping  paper,  mail  locks,  keys  and 
stamps,  mail  depredations  and  special  agents,  postage  stamps  and  mis- 
cellaneous payments  for  the  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-two,  two  hundred  and  seventy-six  thousand  three  hundred  and 
fifty-five  dollars  and  twenty-three  cents. 

For  transportation  of  the  mails,  compensation  of  postmasters  and  For  the  year 
clerks,  ship,  steamboat  and  way  letters,  advertising,  mail  bags,  office 
furniture,  blanks  and  printing,  wrapping  paper,  mail  locks,  keys  and 
6tamps,  mail  depredations  and  special  agents,  postage  stamps  and  mis- 
cellaneous payments,  for  the  year  ending  June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-three,  two  million  seven  hundred  and  thirty-seven 
thousand  three  hundred  and  two  dollars  and  thirty  cents. 
Approved  June  10,  1864. 


264  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  32,  33.     1864. 

June  10, 1'864.  Chap.  XXXII. — An  Act  to  amend  the  laws  relating  to  the  tax  in  kind. 

Amendment  to  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
first  proviso,  fourth  the  act  approved  seventeenth  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four, 
of 'the  act  of  Feb.  enticed  "  An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  '  An  act  to  lay  taxes  for  the 
17,  1764,  laying  common  defence  and  carry  on  the  government  of  the  Confederate 
taxes.   See  ante  p.  States,'  approved  April    twenty-fourth,  eighteen    hundred  and    sixty- 

Wben  farmer  or*nree>"  be,and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended  as  follows  :  Aftei*the  word 
planter  not  subject  "wool"  in  the  first  proviso  of  the  fourth  paragraph  of  section  ten,  the 
to  tax  in  kind  on  words  "in  the  aggregate,"  shall  be  inserted;  and  in  the  same  article 
W°w"hen  delivery an(^  secti°n>  tne  word  "eight"  shall  be  substituted  for  the  word  "five," 
to  be  made  of  so  as  to  read :  Provided,  That  post  quartermasters  shall  direct  such 
tithes  in  kind.  delivery  to  be  made  at  any  time  within  eight  months  after  the  date  of 
said  estimates,  &c. 

When  crops  sub-  Sec.  2.  In  all  cases  where  crops,  subject  to  a  tax  in  kind,  have  been, 
ject  to  tax  in  kind  or  ma„  -foe  destroyed,  in  whole  or  in  part,  by  fire  or  any  other  accidental 
are  destroyed,  the  '     i.     ,„.    '.■    '         .  „  .     „  ,     ,i  J  in  1 

part  net  destroyed  cause,  or  by  the  enemy,  it  before  assessment,  the  assessor  shall  regard 
to  be  regarded  as  the  part  of  the  crop  not  destroyed  as  all  that  was  produced  by  the  owner; 
all  that  was  made,  jf  after  assessment,  and  the  destruction  be  satisfactorily  proven,  the  post 
master  to  h  a  v  e  quartermaster  shall  also  regard  the  portion  of  the  crop'  not  destroyed  as 
credit  on  his  re-  all  that  was  produced,  and  the  proof  relieving  the  producer  shall 
turn  for  the  prop-  Entitle  the  quartermaster  to  a  credit  on  his  return  for  the  property  thus- 

erty  thus  lost.  ■.      ,  *  tr     i.        j 

Where  the  corn      Sec.  3.  In  cases  where  the  quantity  of  corn  reserved  from  the  tax  in 

reserved  from  the  kjn(j  jg  not  sufficient  to  supply  the  actual  wants  of  the  producer,  with- 
tax  in  kmd  is  in-  _  rr  J  ._  f  }     4 

sufficient  for  the  out  any  default  on  his  part,  upon  satisfactory  evidence  of  the  fact,  the 
producer,  he  may  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  to  allow  the  money  value  to  be  paid  for 

pay   the   money  ^     tifch     t     th     extenfc  thug  required. 

value  for  the  time       _J  .     _:  •    .         ;  .       •      *  .  n         .  „ 

to  the  extent  re-      sec.  4.  lhe  law  imposing  a  tax  upon  the  assessed  value  of  property 

quired.  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to  impose  a  tax  upon  the  products  of  gar- 

Products  of  gar-  (jens  intended  for  the  use  of  the  family  of  the  owner,  nor  upon  fruit 

clems  cit) tl  iruit  tor 

domestic  use  'notraised  f°r  domestic  use  and  not  for  sale. 

liable  to  tax.  Sec.  5.  That  the  account  of  slaughtered  hogs  required  by  the  first 

^hen  accoun  tsectjon  0f  gajjj  ac^  ghai]  5e  rendered  on  or  ab*out  the  first  day  of  March, 
slaughtered  hogs,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five  and  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-six,  for 
each  year  preceding  said  date. 
Approved  June  10,  1864. 


June  10, 1864.      Chap,  XXXIII. — An  Act  to  amend  "  An  act  to  organize  forces  to  serve  during  the  war," 

- .  approved  February  seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four. 

See  ante  p.  211,  , 

' '     '■*'■■'  The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

the  act  entitled  "An  act  to  organize  forces  to  serve   during  the  war," 

approved  seventeenth  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  be,  and 

When  persons  the  same   is  hereby,  so   amended  .  as   to  allow  all  white  male  residents, 

between  the  ages  between  the  ages  of   seventeen   and  eighteen  and  forty-five  and   fifty 

45  and^o  bevond  years>  wno  were  prevented   from  enrolling  themselves  within  the  time 

the  limits'  of  the  prescribed  by  the  said  act,  by  the  occupation  of  their  localities  or  country 

Confederate   ar  -  by  the  public  enemy,  and  whose  homes   are,  and  have   been   since   the 

mies.mayorgvnize  e   0f      -^       t    beyond   the   lines  of  the   Confederate   armies,  to 

themselves     intor         v         .  ,  •      %  n     -,  i  .  •  j?       •  i  o. 

companies,  Ac.,  organize  themselves  in  pursuance  of  the  sixth  section  of  saia  act,  after 

and  elect  their  offi-  their  homes  or  localities  are  brought  within  the  lines  of  the  Confederate 

cer''  armies ;  and  this  privilege  shall   continue   for  the  space  of  thirty  days 

after  the  reoccupation  is  announced  by  an  order  issued  by  the  general 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  34,  35,  36,  37.     1864.  265 

commanding  the  department,  and  published  in  the  military  department 
in  which  such  reoccupation  may  occur. 
Approved  June  10,  1864.       -  . 


Chap.  XXXIV. — An  Act  to  raise,  money  to  increase  the  pay  of  soldiers.  June  10, 18(54. 


The  Congress  of  Ike    Confederate   States  of  Ameaica  x?o  ei  act,  That     Additional    tax 
upon  all  subjects  of  taxation   under  existing  tax   laws,  'there  shall  be  QpSon3eaifnBUbjeets 
assessed  and  levied  a  tax  equal  to  oue-fifth  of  the  amount  of  the  present  0f  taxation,   lor 
tax  on  the  same  subjects  for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  the  year  1864. 
which  tax  shall  be  payable  only  in  Confederate  treasury  notes  of  the 
new  issue,  and  shall  be  collected  at  the  same  times  with  the  other  taxes 
on  the  same  subjects,  under  the  laws  now  in  force. 

•  Sec.  2.  The  money  arising  from  the  tax  hereby  imposed  shall  be  Appropriated  to 
appropriated,  first,  to  the  payment  of  the  increased  compensation  of  thepa*™*?*  ^n "_ 
soldiers  under  the  act  passed  at  the  present  session.  tion  of  soldiers. 

Approved  June  10,  1864. 


Chap.  XXXV. — An  Act  concerning  the  salary  of  the  Treasurer.  June  10, 1864. 


The  Corgre  s  of  the    Confederate   States   cf  America  do  enact,  That     Salary  of  the 
in  estimating  and  ascertaining  the  increase  of  the  salary  of  the  Treasurer    rea£Urer* 
under  the  several  acts  heretofore  passed  on  the   subject  of  salaries  of 
public  officers  at  Richmond,  the  permanent  salary  of  the  Treasurer  shall 
be  taken  to  be  four  thousand   dollars,  as  fixed  by  the  act  approved     See  ante  p.  191, 
February  sixteenth,  eighteen  hundred   and  sixty-four,  and  the  increase  '  ^    " 

shall  be  estimated  on  that  basis. 

Approved  June  10,  1864. 


Chap.  XXXVI. — An  Act  to  amend  an  ant  entitled  "  An  act  for  the  relief  of  tax-payers      June  10, 1864. 
in  certain  cases,"  apjirwed  February  thirteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sijety-four.  

The    Congress  of   the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That     Tax  remitted  on 
whenever  slaves  shall  have  been  assessed,  but  between  the  time  of  the  slaves  *ost  *°  ih\ 
assessment  and   the "  time   fixed    by  law  for   the   payment   of   the   tax  of'the  enemy, 
thereon,  such  slaves  shall  be  lost  to  the  owner,  by  the  act  of  the  enemy, 
the  said  tax  may  be  remitted  in  the  manner  pointed  out  by  the  second 
section  of  the  act  entitled   "  An  act  for  the  relief  of  tax-payers  in  cer-     See  ante  p.  186, 
tain  cases,"  approved  February  thirteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- cn-  32>  §  2- 
four. 

Approved  June  10,  1864. 


Chap.  XXXVII. — An  Act  to  graduate  the  pay  of  general  officers.  June  10, 1864. 


The  Congress  of  'he    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That     Pay  of  general 
the  pay  of  a  general  shall  be  five  hundred  dollars  per  month  ;  that  of  aofficer8, 
lieutenant  genial,  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  month,  and  that  of 
a  major  genera^  three  hundred  and  fifty  [dollars]  per  month;  that  a  general 


266  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  38,  59.     1864. 

commanding  an  army  in  the  field  shall  receive  in  addition  to  the  said 
sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  per  month,  one  hundred  dollars;  and  a 
lieutenant  general,  a  major  general  and  a  brigadier  general  shall,  whilst 
serving  in  the  field,  each  receive  fifty  dollars  per  month,  in  addition  to 
the  sum  herein  allowed,  whilst  so  serving;  and  all  laws  allowing  addi- 
tional compensation  for  commanding  a  separate  army  in  the  field  be,  and 
Act  in  force  for  they  are  hereby,  repealed,  except  as  herein  provided ;  and  that  this  act 
one  year.  shall  be  in  force  for  one  year  and  no  longer. 

Approved*  June  1%  1864.     ,   . 


June  10, 1864.      Chap.  XXXVIII. — An   Act    to    miihorize    the   appointment    of  additional  officer*  of 
' artillery  for  ordnance  duties. 


I  Appointment  of      The   Congress  of  the   Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
additional  officers  the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  may 
nance  dutfes°r01  "  aPP°*nt  fifty  officers  of  artillery  in  the  provisional  army  for  the  perform- 
ance of  ordnance   duties,  in  addition  to  those  authorized   by  the   act 
entitled  "  An  act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  officers  of  artillery  in 
the  provisional  army,"   approved   April  twenty-first,  eighteen  hundred 
See  ante  p.  49,  and  sixty-two,  and  "  An  act  to  authorize  the  appointment  of  additional 
cn-  66-  officers  of  artillery  for  ordnance  duties/''  approved  September  sixteenth, 

eh.  2!  an  C  P*  °  '  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  and  that  the  rank  of  said  officers  shall 
Bank,  be  as  provided  in  said  last  named  act. 

Approved  June  10,  1864. 


June  13  1864.      Chap.  XXXIX. — An  Act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  government  of 

_       the  Confederate  States  of  America,  from  July  1,  to  December  31,  1864,  and  to  supply 

a  deficiency 


Appropriations      The    Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

for  the  support  of  the  following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any 

from   July   l     to  moneJ  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the 

Dec.  31,  isei.        Government,  from.  July  first  to  December  thirty -first,  eighteen  hundred 

arid  sixty-four  : 

Legislative.—  Legislative. — For  compensation  and  mileage  of  members  and  dele- 
Pay  and  mileage  gates  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars. 
House™  8rS  *       e      For  compensation,  of  officers  and   others  employed   in   the   House  of 

Officers,  &c,  of  Representatives,  five  thousand  six  hundred  arid  twenty-five  dollars, 
the  House.  pov   contingent   expenses   of   the   House   of   Representatives,    forty 

pensTs^Holse*"  thousand  dollars.^ 

Pay  und  mileage  For  compensation  and  mileage  of  members  of  the  Senate,  forty-nine 
of  the  Senate.        thousand  dollars. 

Officers  and      For  compensation  of  officers  and  clerks  of  the  Senate,  ten  thousand 

clerks  of  Senate,     dollars 

Contingent  ex-  For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Senate,  ten  thousand 
penses   of  Senate,  dollars 

Executive:  Pres-      Bxecutive. — For  compensation  of  the  President  of  the  Confederate 

idem.  States,  twelve  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

Vice  President.      For  compensation  of  the  Vice  President  of  the   Confederate  States, 

three  thousand  dollars. 

Private  secreta-      For  compensation  of  the  private  secretary  and  messenger  of  the  Pres- 

ry  and  messenger  i,jenfc  of  the  Confederate  States,  one  thousand  three  hundred  and  fifty 
of  President.  ,  ,,  ?  J 

■    dollars 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  39.     1864.  267 

For  compensation  of  the  private  secretary  of  the  Vice  President  of    Private  secreta- 
the  Confederate  States,  five  hundred  dollars.  ^n°f  Vice  Pre3i" 

For   contingent   and   telegraphic  expenses  of  the   Executive  Depart-  contingen  t  ^  x  - 
ment,  twenty  thousand  dollars.  penses. 

Treasury  Department. — For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  the     Treasury    D  e  - 
Treasury,  Assistant   Secretary,   Comptroller,    Auditors,    Treasurer   aQd^rw™c^,~Secre" 
Register,  and  clerks  and  messengers,  four  hundred  and  eighty-four  thou- 
sand five  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars  and  fifty  cents. 

For  the  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Treasury  Depart-  Contingent  ex- 
ment,  fifty  thousand  dollars.  penses. 

For  payment  of  interest  on  the  public  debt,  twenty  million  dollars.         Interest  on  pub- 

For  engraving  and  printing  treasury  notes,  bonds  and  certificates  for lic  debt, 
stocks,  and  for  paper  for  the  same,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars.  printing  Votes,  &c 

For  payment  of  the  principal,  under  loan  of  August  19,   1861,  due     Payment  of  loan 
January  1,  1865,  one  million  three  hundred  and   ninety-three  thousand  of  AuS- *9>  1861. 
nine  hundred  dollars. 

For  rent  of  Executive  buildings  and  President's  house,  twenty  thou-  Kent  of  execu- 
sand  dollars.  tive  buildings.      • 

For  compenpation  of  the  agent  of  the  Treasury  DepaVtment  west  of  Officers  of  Trea- 
the  Mississippi  river,  and  auditor,  comptroller,  clerks  and  messengers  in  *?iy]J?fp't.west  °* 
their  bureaus,  twenty-five  thousand  dollars. 

J    For  advertising  and  other  expenses  incident  to  fundirj^  treasury  notes,      Expenses  of 
three  hundred  thousand  dollars.  funding  notes. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  treasury  serviee  west  of  Contingent  ex- 
the  Mississippi"  river,  twenty  thousand  dollars.  wesfof  Misrea-8Ur7 

For  travelling  and  other  expenses  incident  to  the  detection  of  persons    Detection  of  per- 
engaged  in  preparing  and  passing  forged  treasury  notes,  five   thousand  sons. 
dollars. 

For  salary,  clerk  hire,  and  other  expenses  of  agent  of  Erlanger.loan,  Agent  of  Erlan- 
in  Paris,,  ten  thousand  dollars.  ger  °an* 

War  Department. — For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  War,      War  Dep't: 
assistant  Secretary,  chief  of  bureau,  clerks,   messengers,  and  others  em-  Secretary's  «ffice. 
ployed  in  the  War  Department,  two  hundred  and  five  thousand   dollars. 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  War  Department,  one  Contingent  ex- 
hundred  and  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.       •     .  penses. 

For  salary  of  commissioner,  chief  clerk,  and  incidental  Expenses  of  In-     Indian  bureau; 
dian  bureau,  nine  thousand  tfro  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

For  contingent  expenses  of  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector  General's  De7  Contingent  ex- 
partment,  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  Insp'r  (jln'l!  Dep't 

For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  army,-one  hundred  Contingent  ex- 
thousand  dollars.  penses  of  the  army. 

Quartermaster's  Department. — For  pay  of  the  army,  seventy-four  Q™  <*rtermaper>a 
million  two  hundred  and  forty-nine  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifty-one  army.'  *7  °  ° 
dollars. 

For  disbursements  for  the  public  service  of  the  Quartermaster's  D#  D  i s  bursements 
partment,  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  million  seven  hundred  and  fifty forpubl,c  serT1C0- 
thousand  and  forty-nine  dollars. 

Commissary  Department. — For  the  purchase  of  subsistence  stores  ^Z7'*  ^sub 'isten/ 
and  commissary  property,  in  addition  to  the  unexpended  balance  of  the  stores  and  eommis- 
last  appropriation,  one  hundred  million  dollars.  sary  property. 

So  much  of  the  appropriation  for  the  Quartermaster  and  the  Commis-  Appropriation  for 
sary  Departments  as  may  be  necessary  may  be  transferred  from  one  to  Quartermaster's 
the  other  by  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  for  the  purpose  of  paying  Dep't moybetrani- 
for  supplies  impressed  or  purchased  according  to  the  exigencies  of  the  fened  from  one  to 
service. .  .  the  otner. 

Ordnance  Department. — For  the  ordnance  service  in  all  its  branches,  Ordnance  service, 
twenty-five  million  dollars. 


268  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  39.     186-1. 

Nitre  and  mining     For  the  nitre  and  mining  service,  four  million  three  hundred  thousand 
service.  dollars. 

Engineer  service.      Engineer   Department. — For   the   engineer   service,   ten   million 

<•  dollars. 

Physicians.  Medical   Department. — For  pay  of  physicians  employed  by  con- 

tract, two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 
Nurses  and  cooks.      For  pay  of  nurses  and  cooks,  not  enlisted  as  volunteers,  three  huudred 

and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 
Laundresses.  For  pay  of  hospital  laundresses,  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dol- 

lars. 
Medical  and hos-      For  the  purchase  of  medical  and  hospital  supplies,  fourteen  million 
pual  supplies.        e[ght  hundred  and  twenty  thousand  dollars. 

Military  bespit-      For  the  establishment  and  support  of  military  hospitals,  one  hundred 
*ls-    '  thousand  dollars.  * 

Hospital    stew-      For  pay  of  hospital  stewards,  one  hundred  thousand  dollars. 
^Matrons  ^or  Pa^  °^  matrons>  assistant  matrons  and  ward  matrons,  three  hun- 

dred and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

Ward  masters.        For  pay  of  ward  masters,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Navy  Depart-     Navy   Department. — For   compensation  of  the    Secretary  of   the 
office!      6Cre  ary  S  Navy,  clerks  and  messenger,  in  his  office,  twenty-two  thousand  nine  hun- 
dred and  thirty-one  dollars  and  thirty-seven  cents. 

Contingent   ex-      For  incidental  and  contingent  expenses  of  the  Navy  Department,  fif- 
penses.  teen  thousand  dollars. 

Pay  of  navy.  For  pay  of  the  navy,  one  million  six  hundred  and  forty-seven  thou- 

sand three  hundred  and  eighty-four  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents. 

Provisions    and      For  provisions  and  clothing  in  the  Paymaster's  Department,  two  mil- 
olothiug.  Hon  fifty.one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

Iron-clad    ves-      For  the  construction  of  iron-clad  vessels  in  the  Confederate  States, 

sels-  two  million  dollars. 

Ordnance     and      por  ordnance  and  ordnance  stores,  one  million  four  hundred  thousand 
ordnance  stores.       in 

dollars. 

Repairs  of  ves-      j?or  repajrg  0f  vessels,  three  hundred  thousand  dollars. 

Equipments.  &c,      For  equipment  and  stores  of  vessels,  five  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
of  vessels.  For  the  construction  of  sub-marine  batteries,  two  hundred   and  fifty 

Sub-marine  bat-  thousand  dollars.  ' 

Contingent  enu-      For  contingent  enumerated,  eight  hundred  thousand  dollars, 
merated.  For  medical  supplies   and   surgeon's  necessaries,  three  hundred  and 

Medical  supplies,  8}xty  thousand  dollars. 

Marine  corps.         ^or  tne  support  of  the  marine  corps,  seven  hundred  and  eleven  thou- 
sand four  hundred  and  eighteen  dollars. 

State    Dep't:      State  Department. — For  compensation  of  the  Secretary  of  State, 
Secretary's  office.   cierks^  messenger  and  laborer,  seven  thousand  and  fourteen  dollars. 

Foreign    inter-      For  foreign  intercourse,  thirty-seven   thousand  nine  hundred  dollars, 
course.  Department  OF  Justice. — For  compensation  of  Attorney  General, 

JJ  e  p  artment   of  .  ,  -1  111 

Justice:  Attorney  Assistant    Attorney  General,  clerks  and   messengers,  ten  thousand  and 
General's  office,      twenty-five  dollars  and  twenty-six  cents. 

Contingent   ex-      For  incidental  and   contingent  expenses,  two  thousand  five  hundred 
penses.  dollars. 

Sup't      Public      For  compensation  of  the  Superintendent  of  Public  Printing,  clerks 
Printing.  and  messenger,  five  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixteen  dollars  and 

thirty-two  cents. 
Arizona    Terri-      For  compensation  of  Governor  and   Commissioner  of  Indian  AfFairs, 
tory*  of  Secretary,  and  of  Judges,  Attorney  and  Marshal  of  Arizona  Territo- 

ry, four  thousand  six  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

For  incidental  and   contingent  expenses  of  Arizona  Territory,  to  be 
expended  by  the  Governor,  five  hundred  dollars. 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  39.     I8G4.  26$ 

• 

For  printing,  binding  and  ruling  for  the  several  Executive  Depart-  Printing  and 
ments,  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars.  h^s  fordePat«- 

For  printing,  binding  and  ruling  for  both  Houses  of  Congress,  includ-  printing,  Ac, for 
ing  the  printing  of  the  laws,  in  the  authorized  form,  and  the  journals  Congress  and  of 
of  Congress,  forty  thousand  dollars.  laws  and  Journa^ 

For  printing  and  binding  the  digest  of  the  laws,  ten  thousand  dollars.     Printing,  £<•.,  of 

For  the  purchase  of  paper  for  the  digest  of  the  laws,  twentv  thousand  duest  of  the  laws. 
am1  r  1  °  "  Paper  for  thed:.- 

dollars.  _  _  geat  / 

For  the  publication  and  printing  of  the  several  acts  and  resolutions  of    Acts  and  re.=ola- 

Congress,  five  thousand  dollars.  tions  °-  Congress 

For  the  purchase  of  paper  for  the  several  Executive  Departments  and     Paper  for  the  de- 

/i  Cifijii  p  a  r  t  m  o  n  ts   aa.i 

Congress,  seventy-live  thousand  dollars.  Congress. 

For  compensation  of  judges,  attorneys  and  marshals,  and  incidental  Judges,  attor- 
and  contingent  expenses  of  courts,  eighty  thousand  dollars.  ney sand  marshals, 

For  compensation  of  three  commissioners,  appointed  under  the  seo/ues- a"urtsexpenses  ° 
tration  act,  and  for  clerk  hire  and  contingent  expenses,  five  thousand  Comr's under  ae- 
dollars.  q  u  e  s  tration   aef, 

Indian  Affairs. — For  amount  required  to  comply  with  treaty  stip-  clelk J^xra'  f~. 

i      •  t   •  i  i/-ifi  at  •       t     »■  Indian   Affairs : 

ulations,  entered  into  between  the  Confederate  states  and  certain  Indian  Treaty  stipulation 
tribes,  one  hundred  and  forty-two  thousand  two  hundred  dollars. 

Post-Office  Department. — For  compensation  of  the  Postmaster  Post- Office  Dep't- 
General,  chiefs  of  bureau,  clerks  and  messenger,  watchmen  and  ^^  ^rP.0Slm**" 
laborers,  forty-three  thousand  three  hundred  and  thirty-nine  dollars.    . 

For  contingent  fund  of  the  Post-Office  Department,  five  thousand  dol-  Contingent  fund. 
lars. 

For  compensation  of  the  agent  and  clerks  of  the  Post-Office  Depart-  Agent  and  clerks 
ment  in  the  States  west  of  the  Mississippi  river,  nine  thousand  five  ^est ;o'f  Mi'g8  ri^r 
hundred  dollars. 

For  house  rent  at  Marshall,  Texas,  three  thousand  dollars.  House  rent. 

For  contingent  and  miscellaneous  expenses  in  the  trans-Mississippi  Contingent  ex- 
department,  five  thousand  dollars.  penses. 

For  compensation  of  agents,  cost  of  material,  and  constructing,  repair-     Telegraph  line*, 
ing  and  operating  telegraph  lines,  seventy-eight  thousand  two  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars. 

For  the  nitre  and  mining  service  in  the  trans-Mississippi  Department  Nitre  and  mining 
from  the  first  of  July  to  the  thirtieth  of  June,  eighteen  hundred  and  service  in  trans- 
8ixty-five,  two  million  five  hundred  thousand  dollars.  Mlss-  deParfcmeHt 

Postal  Service. — For  the  postal  serviqe  of  the  Confederate  States,  Postal  service: 
to  be  paid  by  applying  six  hundred  thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty  dol- 
lars and  seventy-one  cents,  the  balance  remaining  unexpended  of  the 
revenues  of  the  Po3t-Office  Department  for  the  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  and  in  addition  of  two  million  seven 
hundred  and  thirty-seven  thousand  three  hundred  and  two  dollars  and 
thirty  cents,  the  revenues  arising  from  postages,  sales  of  postage  stamps, 
and  emoluments  from  box  rents  from  July  first,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-four,  to  June  thirtieth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five,  viz  : 

For  transportation  of  the  mails,  two  million  one  hundred  and  fifty-  Transportation  of 
seven  thousand  eight  hundred  and  for*.y-six  dollars  and  forty-three  cents.  mai  s' 

For  compensation  to  postmasters  and  clerks  in  post-offices,  nine  hun-     p£stma9ters  *=<* 
dred  and  seventy-nine  thousand  two  hundred  and  twenty-six  dollars  and 
and  twenty-three  cents. 

For  ship,  steam-boat  and  way  letters,  seven  hundred  and  seventy-one  SniP>  steamboax 
dollars  and  forty-one  cents.  and  way  le.ttera" 

For  advertising,  twelve  thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifteen  dollars  and     AdvertiBia£» 
sixty-two  cents.  : 

For  mail  bags,  seven  thousand  threa  hundred  and  nine  dol'ars  and     Mail  bags, 
eighty-five  cents. 

2 


270  .     SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  40.     1864. 

Office  furniture.      For  office  furniture,  one  thousand  four  hundred  and  sixty  dollars. 
Elank3  and  print-.    For  blanks  and  printing,  seventy-four  thousand  and  forty-seven  dollars 
in£-  and  seventy-six  cents. 

Wrapping  paper.      For  wrapping  paper,  twenty-nine  thousand  three  hundred  and  thirty- 
eight  dollars  and  eighteen  cents. 
Mail  lock,?,  keys      por  m&\\  \0Gk$  keys  and  stamps,  seven  hundred   and  fifty-six  dollars 

and  stamps.  ,  ,     a  . 

and  seventy-live  cents. 
Mail     dcpreda-      For  mail  depredations  and  special  agents,  twenty-six  thousand   and 
lions  and   special  sixty-eight  dollars  and  thirty-one  cents. 

^Miscellaneous  Eor  miscellaneous  payments,  twenty  thousand  five  hundred  and  thirty - 
pujments.  nine  dollars  and  sixty-nine  cents. 

Postage  stamps.      For  postage  stamps,  twenty-seven  thousand  five  hundred  and  seventy- 
two  dollars  and  seventy-eight  cents. 
Judges  and  at-      For  salaries  of  judges  and  attorneys,  and  for  incidental  and  contingent 
tonieya    and    ex-  expensesof  courts,  tosupply  deficiencies  for  the  year  ending  June  thirtieth, 
peLses  .     gjghtggjj  hundred  and  sixty-four,  sixty  thousand  dollars. 

Seet'y  of  Navy,      Por  compensation  of  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  clerks  and  messenger  in 
cWks,  A.c.  his  office,  from  the  fifteenth  May  to  the  thirtieth  of  June,  eighteen  hun- 

dred and  sixty-four,  one  thousand  six  hundred  and    eighty-nine  dollars 
and  sixty-six  cents. 
Offijers  of  2*T^vy.      For  pay  of  officers  of  the  navy  under  certain  circumstances,  according 
to  the  act  approved  March  sixteenth,  eighteen   hundred   and  sixty-one, 
from  the  sixteenth  of  February  to  the  thirtieth  of  June,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-four,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars. 
CLostaw Nation.      For  interest  due  the  Choctaw  Nation  of  Indians  upon  Virginia  State 
bonds,  which  interest  has  been  turned  over  to  the  Confederacy  by  that 
State,  forty  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 
Asen land  clerks      For  compensation  of  the  agent  and  clerks  in  the  Post-Office  Depart- 
T  i  -M^^de  't°f  men^  °f  tne  trans-Mississippi  department  from  the  first  of  April  to  the 
thirtieth  of  June,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  six  thousand  four  hun- 
dred and  ninety-four  dollars  and  forty  cents. 
Transportation      For  transportation  of  clerks,  books,  &c,  to  Marshall,  Texas,  three 
of  clerk,    Ac.,-  to  thousand  dollars. 

MHSous'eTrent'of  For  house  rent  of  Post-Office  Department,  at  Marshall,  Texas,  from 
P.O. Dep't,atMar- the  first  of  April  to  the  .thirtieth  of  June,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
ahftl!,  Texas.  {qvly,  two  thousand   dollars. 

capenses  eofapC°o!  For  furniture,  fuel>  lights  and  miscellaneous  expenses  of  the  Post-Office 
l)«p't  west  of  Miss.  Department,  west  of  the  Mississippi  river,  from  the  first  of  April  to  the 
river.  thirtieth  of  June,  eighteen  hundred  and.  sixty-four,  ten  thousand  dollars. 

Geo.  P.  Evans  &      For  amount  of  account  due  George  P.  Evans  &  Co.,  for  printing,  under 
Co.,  for  printing.    a  con£ract  mac!e  by   the  Joint  Committee  of  the  Senate  and  the  House  of 
Representatives,  appointed  to  investigate  the  administration  of  the  Navy 
Department,  under  its  present  head,  three  thousand  two  hundred  and. 
eighty-four  dollars  and  four  cents. 
Uaexpended  bal-     Sec.  2.    That  no  appropriation  made  under  this  act  shall  be  drawn 
ances  to  the  credit  from  ^e  Treasury  until  all  unexpended  balances  standing  to  the  credit 
Exhausted  "before °f  *ne  department  for  which  the  appropriation   [is]  herein  made  shall 
the  appropriations  have  been  exhausted. 
ESS  *2o»"U£     Approved  June  18,  1364. 

treasury.  — — 


Jane  13, 1864.      Chap.  XL. — An  Act.  to  authorize  the  owners  of  the  registered  eight  per  cent,   ten  year 

1       convertible  bonds,  issued  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  approved  May  sixteenth,  eSgh- 

teen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  to  exchange  the  same  for  coupon  bonds. 

Owners  of  regis-      The   Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
tpred  &  per  cent.  ^e  owners  of  the  registered  eight  per  cent,  ten  year  convertible  bonds, 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  41,  42.     1864.  271 

issued  under  the  provisions  of  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  authorize  a  ten  year  converti- 
loan  and  the  issue  of  treasury  notes,  and  to  prescribe  the  punishment  for  ^  bond8>  l9^ei 
forging  the  same,  and  for  forging  certificates  of  stock  and  bonds,"  ap- 16,  JS6I  autuoi- 
proved  sixteenth  May,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  be,  and  the  same  ized  to  exchange 
are  hereby  authorized  to  exchange  the  same  for  coupon  bondsf  payable  tbe  same  for  ten 
ten  years  after  the  first  day  of  July,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  COUpon  bonds, 
sixty-four,  with  eight  per  cent,  interest,  payable  semi-annually;  and  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he   is  hereby,  authorized   to   prepare  „  k-eere  tar7  of 

ii  _I.rcn.surv    to    iji*ti- 

and  issue  said   bonds,  which  bonds,  and  the  coupons  attached  thereto,  pare  anfj  js,„e  tno 
may  be  issued  with  such  authentication  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  coupon  bonds, 
may  prescribe. 
Approved  June  13,  1864. 


Chap.  XLI. — A  Act  to  authorize  the  manufacture  of  spirituous  liquors  for    the  use  of      June  14,  186*. 

the  army  and  hospitals.  

The  Congress  "of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  do  enact,  That  Contract r  an- 
it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  Surgeon  General  or  the  Commissary  General  to  thonzed  for  t  b  « 
make  all  necessary  contracts  for  the  manufacture  and  distillation  of  coholic  and  spirit- 
whisky,  bmndy,  and  other  alcoholic  and  spirituous  liquirs  forthe  supply  uous  liquors  for 
of  the  army"and  hospitals  upon  such  terms  as  may  be  conducive  to  the  tbe  arm>T  aud  hos~ 
public  interest;  and  that  the  said  contracts  and  any  heretofore  made  Contract  to  ope- 
shall  operate  as  a  license  to  the  contractor  to  manufacture  the  same  for  rate  as  a  license  to 
the  purpose  aforesaid.  contractor. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  Surgeon  General  and  the  Commissary  General  shall  be  o-^"^ cf°rie& 
authorized  to  establish  manufactories  or  distilleries  for  the  purpose  of  De  established.111^ 
obtaining  the  supplies  aforesaid,  and  to  employ  laborers   in   the  same,     Laborers, 
instead  of  resorting  to  contracts,  if  they  shall  deem  it  more  prudent  to 
do  so. 

Sec.  3.  That  no  contractor  or  party  shall,  under  the  license  granted  Contractor  not 
by  this  act,  distil  or  make  more  alcohol,  whisky,  brandy,  or  other  alco-  h0ylc  or  Spir;tuoua 
holic  or  spirituous  liquors  than  he  shall  deliver  to  the  Government  or  its  liquors  tban  h  e 
agents  in  fulfillment  of  his  contract  or  contracts;  nor  shall  it  be  lawful  sba|1  deliver  to  the 
for  any  such  contractor  to  sell,  or  in  any  way  dispose  of,  otherwise  than  prohibited  from 
as  said  contract  or  contracts  may  require,  any  alcohol,  whisky,  brandy,  selling  or  dispos- 
er other  alcoholic  or  spirituous  liquors  manufactured  by  him  under  the  lQ%  ot  same. 
license  aforesaid;  nor  shall  this  act  operate  as  a  license  to  any  contractor  -Aot  »<*  to  op  • 
for  any  violation  of  the  prohibitions  herein  contained,  when  such  viola- r**e.as  f  10e,,setl> 

liii  •  -i  i  i       -i     ■     >    f     i        ci  •     contractor  for  any 

tion  shall  be  a  crime  or  misdemeanor  under  the   laws  or  the  State  in  violation   of  i  t  a 
which  the  same  may  occur.  prohibitions. 

Approved  June  14,  1864. 


Chap.    XLII. —  4v    Act  providing  for  the  establishment  and  payment  of  claims  for   a       June  1  ',  1?fV. 
certain  description  <f  property  taken  or  informally  impressed  for  the  u*e  of  the  army.        ■ 

The   Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America   do  enact,  That     Appointment  of 
it  shall  be  the  dutv  of  the  Secretary  of  War' to  appoint  and   assign,  in  ***??, t0  retf™ 

,  .•'..  -i   r>        ^  •  l-   i  i-         aud  take  proof  of 

each  congressional  district  and  tor  each  territory,  an  agent,  not  liable  to  claims  for  forag», 
military  duty  in  the  field,  who  shall,  at  stated  times,  in  each  e/junty  or  provisions,  &  c  . » 
parish,  under  the  direction   of  the   post  quartermaster  nearest  to  him lurmsbt'd  t0  * he 

.    '         ,       ,  c         3  ii      •  i   ?•  11      i    •  -j     v   '  army  by  the  owner 

receive  and  take  proor.  under  oath,  in  relation  to  all  claims  in  said  dis-  or  taken  or  infor- 
trict  for  forage,  provisions,  cattle,  sheep,  hogs,  horses,  mules,  teams  and  maiiy  impressed, 
wagons  heretofore   furnished  to  the  army  by  the  owner,  or  heretofore 
taken  or  informally  impressed  for  the  use  of  the  army  and  not  yet  paid 


272  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  43.     18G4. 

for,  by  any  officer  in  the  military  service,  or  by  his  order  or  direction, 
express  or  implied,  from  the  use  of  the  property,  whether  said  officer 
Report   to   ac-bea  line  or  staff  officer,  and  whether  he  be  a  bonded   officer  or  other- 
counting  officers  of  wiSe,  and  report  the  facts  and  transmit  the  evidence  in  each  case  to 
1  Audftins^a  n  d tne  ProPer  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury,  together  with  his  opinion 
payment  of  claims,  as  to  the  justice  and  validity  of  the  claim;  and  the  said  accounting 
officers  are  hereby  authorized  to  audit  and  control  and  order  payment 
of   such   claims  as    appear  to  them   to   be   equitable    and  just :    Pro- 
Claims  originat-  vided,  That  all  such  claims  originating  west  of  the  Mississippi  river 
ing  west  of  thecal]  De  reported  to  the  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury  Department 
ississippi  liver.   established  for  the  trans-Mississippi  Department,  who  are  hereby  author- 
ized to  audit,  control  and  direct  payment  of  the  same  in   the  same  man- 
Oiiths  to  wit-  ner  as  the  accounting  officers  of  the  Treasury  east  of  the  Mississippi  river. 
nesses  and  claim-  ^    j  tjie  ga-j  ao.ent  isherebv  authorized,  in  taking  testimony  in  regard  to  said 
ants.  ,    .  i     •    ■  i"  •  i    ■  p  i         i  •    i  to  , 

claims*  to  administer  oaths  to  witnesses,  and,  it  he  think  proper,  to  the 

..   Pay  and   mile- claimants  themselves.     The  compensation  allowed  to  said  agent  shall  be 
age  oi  agents.        ten  (j0]|ai.s  per  day  while  actually  engaged  in  the '  performance  of  the 
duties  imposed  on   him  by  this  act,  and  thirty  cents  per  mile  for  every 
mile  actually  traveled  by  him,  to   be  paid  under  regulations  to  be  pre-. 
Quartermasters  scribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War:  Provided,  That  the  Secretary  of  War 
or  disabled  army  may  assign  to  the  duty  herein  mentioned  any  quartermaster^or  disabled 
pointed  to  the  du-  officer  of  the  army;  and,  in  that  event,  said  officer  or  quartermaster  shall, 
ties  of  agents   in  addition  to  the  compensation  now  allowed  him  by  law,  be  entitled  to  mile- 
Mileage  allowed.    ao.e  a^  ^he  rate  0f  forty  cents  per  mile :  Provided,  further.  That  the  See- 
Also    non-com-    °  ,  ,,,  •    t.        j         •  ■  ,j£„„j      a* 
missioned    officers retary  ot   War  may  appoint  and  assign  any  non-comnussfoned  officer  or 

or   privates   unfit  private  to  perform   the  duties   under  this  act  who  may  be  unfit  for  active 

for  -active  service,  service  in  the  field   because  of  wounds  received  or  disease  contracted  in 

,„e''f/  an    a  "said  service,  and  the  pay  and  allowances  of  such  non-commissioned  officer 

or  private,  when   so   appointed   and  assigned,  shall   be   the  same  as  are 

allowed  to  persons  so  appointed  who  may  not  be  liable  to  npjitary  service. 

When  this  act  to      Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  cease  and  determine  on  the  firs't  day  of  January, 

oeatfe-  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five,  east  of  the  Mississippi  river,  and  on  the 

first  day  of  May,  eighteen  hundred   and  sixty -five,  west  of  the  Mississippi 

All  claims  barred  river ;  and  all  claims  of  the  description   aforesaid,  not  presented  to  the 

not  pre  sen  t  e  d  agent  af0resajd  prior  to  said  dates  at  the  respective  places  mentioned, shall 

JL^k,,,*  not  be  entitled  to  the  benefits  of  this  act. 


prescribed. 


Approved  June  14,  1864. 


T        M   1RRA       Chap.  XLIII. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  reduce  the  currency  and  to 

"ae      '  authorize  a  new  issue  of  notes  and   bonds,"   approved  February  seventeenth,   eighteen 

See  ante,  p.  207,      hundred  and  sixty  four. 
ch.  63,  §  12. 

States  holding  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  Sttes  of  America  do  enact.  That 
old  issues  of  treas- instead  of  six  per  cent,  bonds,  authorized  to  be  issued  to  the  States,  under 
«ry  notes  may  ex-  the  tweifth  section  of  the  said  act,  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  author- 

•.han<je   oue-halt.       ,         ,  ,    .  ~,  i  •   i  j     ■       Ai 

for  new  issue  and  i zed  and  required  to  issue  to  any  State  which  may  desire  the  Fame,  one- 
fund  the  other  half  half  of.  such  amount  as  the  said  State  is  entitled  to  claim  in  treasury  notes 
in  certain  bonds.    Qf  tne  new  jssue<  ari(i  the  other  half  in  said  six  per  cent,  bonds ;  or,  at  the 
option  ef  the  State  in  coupon  bonds,  payable  in  twenty  years,  with  interest 
at  the  rate  of  four  per  cent,  per  annum,  payable  half  yearly;  the  said 
Provision    e  x  - TOur  Per  cent-  bonds  not  to  be   taxable  either  upon  principal  or  interest; 
tended  to  any  por-  and  this  provision  shall  extend  to  any  portion  of  the  amount  which  such 

tion  of   amount state  may  be  entitled  to  claim. 
State    entitled    to 

claim.  Approved  June  14,  1864. 


SECOND  CONGRESS.  .  Sess.  I.     Ch.  44.     1864.  273 

Chap.  XLIV. — An  Act  to  amend  the  tax  laics.  June  14, 1864. 

The   Congress  of  the   Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That     See  ante,  p.  208- 
the  first,  second  and  third  sections  of  the  "  Act  to  levy  additional  taxes  for  209,ch.64,  £  1,2,3. 
the  common  defence  and  support  of  the   Government,"  approved  seven- 
teenth of  February,   eighteen  hundred   and  sixty-four,  be  amended  and 
re-enacled,  so  as  to  read  as  follows,  to-wit: 

Section  1.  That,  in  addition  to  the  taxes  levied  by  the  "Act  to  lay  Additional  taxes 
taxes  for  the  common  defence  and  to  ca*ry  on  the  Government  of  the  levied. 
Confederate  States,"  approved  April  twenty -fourth,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-three,  there  shall  be  levied  from  the  seventeenth  day  of  February, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  on  the  subjects  of  taxation  hereinafter 
mentioned,  and  collected  from  every  person,  copartnership,  association  or 
corporation,  liable  therefor,  taxes  as  follows,  to  wit : 

I.  Upon  the  value  of  all  property,  real,  personal  and  mixed,  of  every     On  property, 
kind  and  description,  not  hereinafter  exempted  or  taxed  at  a  different  rate,  reH'  Personal  and 

j  '  i  *  mixed   »)  per  cent* 

five  per  cent. :  Provided,  That  from  from  the  tax  on  the' value  of  property     Deductions  al- 
eraployed  in  agriculture  shall   be  deducted  the  value  of  the  tax  in  kind  lowed, 
derived  therefrom  during  the  same  year,  as  assessed  under  the  law  impos- 
ing it,  and  delivered  to  the  Government,  whether  delivered  during  the  year  or 
afterwards,  including  the  bacon,  deliverable,  after,  and  not  prior  to,  the 
assessment  of  the  tax  on  property  employed  in   agriculture  as  aforesaid ; 
and  the  collection  of  the  tax  on  such  property  shall  be  suspended   after 
assessment,  under  the  ewer  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  until  the 
value  of  the  tithe  to  be  deducted  can  be  ascertained,  and  when  so  ase*'- 
tained,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  post  quartermaster  to  certify,  and  of  the 
district  collector  to  deduct,  the  value  of  such  tithe,  and  any  balance  found 
due  may  be  paid  in  bonds  and  certificates  therefor,   authorized  by  the 
"  Actio  reduce  the  currency  and  to  authorize  a  new  issue  of  notesand  bonds," 
in  like  manner  as  other  taxes  payable  during  the  year:   Provided,  That     Proviso, 
no  credit  shall  be  allowed  beyond  five  per  cent.  • 

II.  On  the  value  of  gold  and  silver  ware  and  plate,  jewels,  jewelry  and     0n  g°ld  an<* s^- 
watches,  ten  per  cent.  ™  ™8'  Ac-  U 

III.  The  value  of  property  taxed  under  this  section  shall  be  assessed  on      On  what  basis 
the   basis  of  the   market   value  of  the  same,  or  similar  property   in    the  taxes  to  be  assess- 
neighboihood  where  assessed,  in   the  year  eighteen   hundred  and  sixty,  ®d  under  t{"3  sec" 
except  in  cases  where  lands,  slaves,  cotton  and  tobacco  have  been  pur- 
chased since  the  first  day  of  January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  in 

which  case  the  said  land,  slaves,  cotton  and  tobacco  so  purchased  shall  be 
assessed  at  the  price  actually  paid   for  the  same  ;by  the  owner  :  Provided,     Proviso. 
That  land  purchased  by  refugees  and  held  and  occupied  by  them  for  their 
own  use  and  residence,  shall  be  assessed  according  to  its  market  value  in 
the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty. 

Sec.  2.  That  section  second  of  an  act  entitled  "An   act  to  levy  addi-     Act  °f  Feb.  17, 
tional  taxes  for  the  common  defence  and  support  of  the  government,"  ap- ls®4'  eh'  j4J_|2' 
proved    seventeenth  February,  eighteen  hundred   and  sixty-four,  be,  and  ante.  p.  209. 
the  same  is  hereby,  repealed  ;  and  it  is  hereby  declared,  that  all  the  prop-     Proporty  of  cor- 
erty  and  assets  of  corporations,  associations  and  ioint  stock  companies,  0fPorati°n3>  &o.,  a$- 

„  j  •    ,•  i   \.i  i    i  i     u  i  ii.i  sessed  and  taxed  in 

every  description,  whether  incorporated  or  not,  shall  be  assessed  and  taxed  sanje    manner   as 

in  the  same  manner,  and  to  the  same  extent,  as  the  property  and  'assets  of  the  property  of  in- 

individuals;  the  tax  on  such  property  and  assets  to  be  assessed  against,  and  dl?lduals* 

paid  by,  such  corporations,  associations  and  joint  stock  companies    Pro-     Proviso. 

vided,  That  no  bank  or  banking  company  shall  be  liable  to  pay  a  tax  upon 

deposits  of  money  to  the  credit  of,  and   subject  to  the  checks  of,  others : 

Provided  further,    That  'the  stock,  shares  or  interests,  representing  prop-     Further  proviso. 

erty  or  assets  in  corporations  or  joint  stock  companies,  or  associations,  shall 

not  be  assessed  or  taxed  :  And  provided  further,  That  all  property  within     Further  proviso. 


274  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  44.     1864. 

the  enemy's  lines  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  exempted  from  all  taxation 
so  long  as  it  remains  in  the  enemy's  lines. 
See  an*e.  p.  209,      Sec.  3.   That  paragraph  one  of  section  three  of  an  act  entitled-  "An 
g  1,  paragraph  3.  iiG^  t0  ]eVy  ac]c]jti0r)al  taxes  for  the  common   defence  and   support  of  the 
government,"  approved  seventeenth  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
four,  be,  and  the  same  is,  hereby  amended  and  re-enacted,  so  as  to  read  as 
On  gold  and  Bii- follows :  Upon  the  amount  of  all  gold  and  silver  coin,  gold  dust,  gold  or 
vercoin,  gold  dust,  silver  bullion,  moneys  held  abroad,  or  bills  of  exchange,  drawn   therefor, 
bullion,  moneys  promissory   notes,  riVhts,   credits  and  securities,  payable  in  foreign  coun- 
held   abroad,   Ac.,  J  .        -..-■■'  \   .      i  •  i     •  ■  Ai/i       t     a 

5  per  cent.  tries,  live   per  cent,  to   be   paid   in   specie,  or  (Joniederate  treasury  notes 

at  their  value,  as  compared  with  specie  at  the  time  the  taxis  payable;  the 
relative  value  of  specie  and  Confederate  treasury  notes,  for  the  purpose 
of  payment  under  this  act,  to  be  fixed  by  regulations  to  be  prescribed  by 
the  Commissioner  of  Taxes,  under  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury. 
See  ante.  p.  226,  Sec.  4.  That  section  sixteen  of  the  "Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  'An 
eh., 66,  §  16.  ac£  to  ]ay  taxes  for  the  common  defence  and  carry  on  the  Government  of 

the  Confederate  States,' "  approved  seventeenth  February,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-four,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  amended,  so  as  to  read  as 
follows : 
Incomes  of  hos-      I-  The  income,  property  and  money,  other  than   Confederate  treasury 
pitals,  asylums,  notes,  of  hospitals,  asylums,  churches,  schools,  colleges  and  other  charita- 
churches,  &c,  ex-  y^Q  institutions,  shall  be  exempted  from  taxation  under  the  provisions  of 
Property  of  cer-  t^8  act,  or  any  other  lav/.     The  property  of  companies  formed  under  the 
tain  companies  ex-  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  establish  a  volunteer  navy,"  shall  be  exempt  from 
empt,    except   on  taxation,  except  on  the  income. 

See  ante.  p.  22'-     ??■•    That  paragraph  six,  section  seven,  of  the  same  act,  be,  and  the 
222,  ch.  66,  I  7,  same  is,  hereby  amended  by  adding  thereto,  as  follows  : 
paragraph  6.  "  If  any  person  shall  fail  to  make  due  return,  ns  required  by  said  sec- 

makYdue  return  of  t'on'  0I"  tne  income  or  profits  taxed  under  any  law  of  Congress,  or  in  case 
income  or  profits  of  disagreement  with  the  assessor,  to  submit  the  same  to  referees,  as  pro- 
taxed,  or  to  pay  vided  by  law,  or  shall  fail  or  refuse  to  pay  the  tax  thereon,  within  such 
tax  thereon,^  ^  time  as  shall  be  prescribed  by  public  notice,  by  the  district  collector,  under 
default.  the  direction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Taxes,  such  person  shall  be  deemed 

Proviso.  and  held  to  be  in  default :  Provided,  That  such  person  shall  not  be  deemed 

and  held  to  be  in  default,  who  may  fail,  or  has  failed  to  make  payment,  or 
due  returns,  in  consequence  of  the  presence  or  interference  of  the  enemy, 
or  the  absence  or  neglect  of  the  officers  charged  with  the  assessment  and 
collection  of  taxes." 
Certain  agricul-      Sec.  5.  That  this  act  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to-subject  to  taxation 
tural  products,  of  COrn,  bacon  and  other  agricultural  products,  which  were  produced  in  the 
Duetto  taxation1  year  eighteen  hundred  and  -sixty-three,  and  in  the  possession  of  the  pro- 
ducer oh  the  seventeenth  of  February,  eighteen   hundred   and   sixty-four, 
and  necessary  for  the  support^of  himself  and  family  during  the  present 
year,  and  from  or  on  which  taxes  in  kind  have  been  deducted  and  deliv- 
ered or  paid. 
See  ante.  p.  209,      Sec.  6.  That  section  four,  paragraphs  one  and  two,  of  the  act  approved 
ch.  64,  #4,  para- February  seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  entitled  "An  act 
^Add^tion'al    tax  *°  'evy  additional  taxes  for  the  common  defence  and  support  of  the  Gov- 
of   30  per  cent,  eminent,"  be  so  amended  as  to  levy  an  additional  tax  of  thirty  per  cent, 
levied  on  profits  on  upon  the  amount  of  all  profits  made  by  selling  the  articles  mentioned  in 
'  he -V  rco'rnfl  °&c'  t^XQ  sa'cr* paragraphs-,  between  the  seventeenth  day  of  February,  eighteen 
and    'on     money'  hundred  and  sixty-four,  and  the  first  day  of  July   next,  which   additional 
gold,  silver,  &o.      tax  shall  be  collected  under  said  act. 

On  treasury  notes      gEC,  7,  That  On  all  treasury  notes  of  the  old  issue,  of  the  denomination 
five   dollars,  out-  °f  five  dollars,  not  exchanged  for  new  issue  prior  to  the  first  day  of 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Ssss.  I.     Ch.  45.     1861.  275 

January,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-five,  and  which  may  remain  out-  standing  on  1st 
standing  on  that  day,  a  tax  of  one  hundred  per  ceut.  is  hereby  imposed.  c^  ■'  p6r 
•  Sec.  8.  That  section  seven  of  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  levy,  addi-  Act  of  Feb.  17, 
tional  taxes  for  the  common  defence  ands  ipport  of  the  Government,"  ap- 18*54,  ch.  64,  §  7, 
proved  seventeenth  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  be,  and  the  ^™j**d  p-  lu"  10~ 
same  is  hereby,  repealed,  and 'the  following  inserted  in  lieu  thereot: 

I.  That  the  first  section  of  «the    "Act  to  lay  taxes  for  the  common     1st  ?  act    24th 

defence  and   to   carry  on   the  Government  of  the    Confederate    States,"  April.  1863,  («i-r«. 
,  .,«•!•    i  iii  i      •  i  •  p.  115,1  suspenduil. 

approved  twenty-tourth  April,  eighteen   hundred   and  sixty-three,  is  sus- 
pended for  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four. 

II.  In  all  eases  where  a  tax  is  levied  on  income  derived  from  property,  Ad  valorem  tax 
real,  personal  and  mixed  of  every  description,  on  the  amount  or  value  ofto  bc  deducted 
which  an  ad  valorem  tax  is  laid,  the  ad,  valorem  tax  shall  be  deducted  t^mon  game^rop- 
from  the  income  tax:    Provided,    That  in  no  case  shall  less  be  paid  than  erty. 

the  ad  valorem  tax.    .  Proviso. 

III.  In  the  assessment  of  income  derived  from  manufacturing  or  mining,  Deductions  &:- 
there   shall    be  deducted   from,  the  gross  income  or  profits,  the  necessary  lowed  in  the  assess 

i  t  .1   *  i      e  ill  men  t  of  income  d3^ 

annual  repairs,  not  exceeding  ten  per  cent,  on  the  amount  ot  the  income  r|ve<i  from. manuf '  • 
derived  therefrom.     And,  in  addition  to  the  deductions  now  allowed  by  0r  mining. 
law  in  the  assessment  of  incomes  derived  from  any  source,  the  following     Further  deduc- 
shall   be  made,   namely:    The  Confederate   taxes    actually   paid    by  the tioas  *Uo™d  \?  9* 

,.'   '         iii-  ■     •  ii i  « i    i  i      assessment   ot    la- 

owner  on  sales  made   by   htm,  and  the  commissions  actually  paid  by  the  comes  derivedfiom 
eonsignor  or  shipper  for  selling,  and  in  the   production  or  manufacture  of  any  source, 
pig  metal  or  other  iron,  the  cost  of  fuel. 

Seo.  9.  That  all  citizens  of  any  one  of  the  Confederate  States,  tempora-     Citizens  of  the  P. 
rily  residing  in  another  State,  shall  be  liable  to  be  assessed  and  taxed  in  s-  ma/  be •as^esed 
the  State*or  district  in  which  he  may  temporarily  reside  ;  and  it  shall  be  gtate  0r  district  in 
the  duty  of  all  such  who  have  not  heretofore  made  return  of  their  taxable  whieh  they  tempo- 
property  to  the  district  assessor  where  they  may  temporarily  reside,  within  warily  reside, 
thirty  days  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  to  make  such  return ;  and  any  one  taxable' property 
liable  to  be  assessed  and  taxed  as  aforesaid  who  shall  fail  or  refuse,  within     Penalty  for  Mk 
the  said  period  of  thirty  days  to  make  such   return,  shall   be  liable  to  all  ureto  make  return, 
the  pains  and  penalties  imposed  by  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States  in 
such  case. 

Approved  June  14,  1SG4. 


<Cha.p.  XLV. — An  Actio  increase  tJie   compensation  of  the  head*  of  the  several  Executive      June  \.\   18J34„ 

Departments,  and  the  assistant   Secretary  of   War  and  the    Treasury  and  of  the  assist-  . 

ant  Attorn"))  General  and  the    Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  and    other   officers  therein 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  Compensation 
the  compensation  of  the  heads  of  the  several  Executive  Departments  of  increased  of  the 
the  Government  shall,  for  one  year  from  the  passao-eof  this  act,  be  increased  heads  of  Executive 

i  i    i    u  if     e    i  •  o  ,  ,TT  Dep  ts    and     thei:* 

to  nine  thousand  dollars;  and  ot  the  Asssistant  Secretary  or  War  and  oi  assistants,  and  oi 
the  Treasury  and  of  the  Assistant  Attorney  General  and  the  Comptroller  clerks    and     em- 
of  the  Treasury  be  increased  to  six  thousand  dollars;  and  that  the  salaries  ployees  iQ  deP'c~- 
of  all  clerks  and  employees  in  the  various  departments,  located  in  the  city 
of  Richmond,  be  increased  thirty  three  and  one-third  per  cent.,  and  at  all 
other  points  throughout  the  Confederate  States  twenty-five  per  cent,  for 
one  year  from  the  passage  of  this  act:  Provided,  That  the  clerks  detailed     Proviso, 
from  the  army  or  navy  shall  not  be  entitled  to  the  benefits  of  this  act. 
Appeoved  June  14,  18Q4. 


376  SECOND  CONGRESS.      Sess.  I.     Ch.  46,  47.     1864. 

June  14,  1864.      Chap.  XLVI. — An  Act   in   relation  to  the  pay  of  clerks  in   the  office  of  the  Depositary. 

See  ante.  p.  191,      Tfog    Congress  of   the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 

*  c    '      V  ««,  „r  S(>  much  of  the  last  clause  of  the  first-section  of  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to 
Secret  ary    ot  ,  . 

Treasury  author-  increase  the  compensation  ot  certain  officers  ot  the  .treasury,  approved 
ized  to  fix  the  sala- February  sixteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  as  limits  the  salaries 
?i<3s  of  clerks  em  0f  c]erk-s  erapl0yed  by  any  assistant  treasurer  or  depositary  to  fifteen  hun- 

$>Ioygci   by  a.ny  &s~  v      j  j         j  ^  i  j 

aiatant     treasurer  dred  dollars,  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby,  repealed  ;  and  that  the  said  clause 
or  depositary.        of  said  section  be  so  amended  as  to  authorize  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
to  fix  the  salaries  of  said  clerks  at  the  rate  of  compensation  paid  for  simi- 
lar clerical  services  at  the  place  where  the  said  clerks  may  be  employed  : 
Proviso.  Provided,  The  amount  to  be  paid  to  any  such  clerk  shall  not  exceed  three 

thousand  dollars  per  annum. 
Approved  June  14,  1864. 


June  14  1864.      Chap  XLVII. — An  Act  making  additional  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Govern- 
ment. 


Additional  ap-       The  Congress  of  the  Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,    That 
propnationsforthe  ^ie  following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby,  appropriated,  out  of  any 
forTlie  pdriod^nd-  moriey  m  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  support,  of  the 
tag  Dec.  31, 1864.  Government,  in  addition  to  appropriations  heretofore  made,  for  the  period 
ending  the  thirty-first  of  December,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four. 
Executive:  Pri-      Executive  Depaktment. — For  pay  of  salaries  of  the  private  Secretary 
rate  Secretary  of  0f  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  and  messenger,  from  May  six- 
SefisPeneS.eat  aUd  teenth   to- December    thirty-first   eighteen    hundred    and    sixty-four,  one 
thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty-two  dollars  and  seventy-five  cents/ 
Legislative:  Pay      Legislative  Department. — For  compensation  and  mileage  of  members 
,tnd  mileage  of  the  of  the  Senate,  for  ten  months  ending  thirty-first  December,  eighteen  hun- 
oonate.  dred  and  sixty-four,  ninety-two  thousand  and  eight  hundred  dollar's. 

•Officers  and  clerks      For  compensation  of  officers  and  clerks  of  the  Senate,  for  the  ten  months 
of  the  Senate.        ending   thirty-first   December,   eighteen    hundred    and   sixty-four,  twelve 
thousand  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 
Pay  and  mileage      For  compensation  and  mileage  of  members  and  delegates  of  the  House 
of  the  House.        0f  Representatives,  for  the  period  ending  thirty-first  December,  eighteen! 
hundred  and  sixty-four,  three  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 
Officers   and      For  compensation  of  officers  and  others  employed  in  the  House  of  Rep- 
others  o     eliouse  resen  Natives,  for  the  period  ending  thirty-first  December,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-four,  ten  thousand  and  fifty  dollars. 
State  JDep't :      State  Department. — For  compensation  of  clerks  and  messenger  in  the 
Clerks  and    mes-  State  Department,  for  the  period  ending  thirty-first  December,  eighteen 
aonger.  hundred  and  sixty-four,  four  thousand  and  eighty-one  dollars. 

Treasury  Dept :      Treasury    Department. — For  compensation  of   the  Secretary  of  the 
Secretary's  office.  Treasury,  assistant  Secretary,  Comptroller,  Auditors,  Treasurer  and  Regis- 
ter, and  clerks,  messengers,  watchmen   and  laborers,  in  the  Treasury  De- 
partment, for  the  period  ending  thirty- first  December,  eighteen   hundred 
and  sixty-four,  six  hundred  and  five  thousand  seven  hundred  atsd  two  dol- 
lars and  fifteen  cents. 
War     Dep't .-       War    Department. — For   compensation    of    the   Secretary   of    War, 
Sesretary's  office.   a3Sjstant  Secretary,  chief  of  bureau,  clerks,  messenger  and  other  employees, 
for  the  period  ending  thirty-first  December,  eighteen  hundred   and  sixty- 
four,  two  hundred  and  fifty-eight  thousand  dollars. 
Post- Office  Dep't:      Post-Office  Department. — For  compensation  of  the  chiefs  of  bu re aus* 


Chiefs  of 
clerks,  toj.„B 

eir  and  others.        Department,  tor  the  period  ending  thirty-first  J )ecember,. eighteen  _hu»drftl 


■rks  topograph-  clerks,  topographer,  watchman,  messengers  and  laborers  in  the  Post-Offiee 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  48,  49,  50.     1864.  277 

and  sixty-four,  fifty-nine  thousand  three  hundred  and  ninety-eight  dollars 
and  six  cents. 

Approved  June  14,  1864. 


Chap.  XLVIII. —  An  Act  further  to  amend"  An  act  to  reduce  the  currency  and  to  au-      Junel4  1S64. 

thorize  a  new  issue  of  bonds  and  notes,"  approved  February  seventeenth,  eighteen  hun- . 

dred  and  sixty-four. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  See  ante,  p.  207, 
the  above  recited  act  be  further  amended,  so  as  to  allow  States  which  havecn-  63>  §  12- 
funded  the  treasury  notes  of  the  old  issue  held  by  them-  under  the  P^-f^ndedVrea^uTy 
visions  of  the  "Act  to  reduce  the  currency  and  to  authorize  a  new  issue  of  notes  of  the  old 
notes  and  bonds,"  approved  February  seventeenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  issue,  allowed  to 
sixty-four,  to  exchange  the  certificates  or  bonds  so  received  for  the  new  issue  ?*er*B&e  lh®  ceJ- 

,■'."'  .   °  ,  .  ,  ,  ,..  tmcates    or  bonds 

ot  treasury  notes,  m  the  same  proportion,  and   on  the  same  conditions  asreceived,   for   the 
provided  in   said   act,  and   the  act  amendatory  thereof,  authorizing  the  new  i^sue. 
exchange  of  old  notes  held  by  the  States  for  notes  of  the  new  issue.  s™  ante,  p.  272, 

Approved  June  14,  1864. 


Chap.  XLIX. — An%Act  to  amend  the  several  acts  in  relation  to  a  volunteer  navy.  June  14  1864 


The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  ^ct  0f  y<a>.  j-j 
the  act. entitled  "  An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  'An  act  to  establish  ,al8o4,  ante,  p.  185, 
volunteer  navy,'"  passed  eleventh  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- ch  30,  amended. 

r  i  ii  u  m.     jLi  *"  4  It  •  c  xi  Persons  alluwed 

tour,  be  so  amended  as  to  allow  persons  to  volunteer  in  tne  service  ot  the  to  volunteer  in  the 
volunteer  navy  :  Provided,  Such  persons  are  resident  foreigners  or  Mary- service  of  the  vol- 
landersj  and  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  cause  passports  to  beunteer  navT' 
issued  to  such  persons  as  shall  volunteer  as  aforesaid,  and  shall  be  accepted  residen°fore,aners 
by  the  President  of  the  company  by  which  such  vessel  was  fitted   out,  or  Mary  landers, 
either  within  or  beyond  the  Confederate  States.  Passports. 

Approved  June  14,  1864. 


Chap.  L. — An  Act  to  amend  an   act  entitled  "  An  act  to  create  a  provisional  navy  of  the       -r         , .   -iqs± 
Confederate  States,"  approved  May  first,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three.  .      '_ 


The   Congress  of   the   Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact}  That     gee     u      161 

in  the  first  line  of  the  fourth  section  of  the  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  create  ch.  85,  £  4! 

a  provisional  navy  of  the   Confederate  States,"  the  word  "provisional" 

shall  be  substituted  for  the  word  "regular,"  so  that  the  said  fourth  section 

shall  read  as  follows :  All  commissioned  officers  of  the  provisional   navy     r,     -A    ».+„„„ 
1     u  1  •    a    i   i.       1  •    tV      ■  1  1.11  i    •  President  to  ap- 

shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  point  co'mmission- 

of  the  Senate,  whenever,  in  his  judgment,  the  public  service  requires  their  ed  officers  of  the 

appointment,  and  in   such   numbers   as  he  may  think  necessary,   to  the provlsloual  navy* 

following  ranks  and   grades,  viz :  Admirals,  vice  admirals,  rear  admirals,     Ranks  and 

commodores,  and  to  such  other  ranks  and  grades  as  may  exist  in  the  regular  grades. 

navy. 

Approved  June  14,  1864.  «  ^ 

♦  r 


278  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  51,  52.     1864. 

June  14, 18C4.      Chap.  LI. — An  Act  to  authorize  tJie  formation  of  new  commands,  to  be  composed  of  super- 

numerary  officers,  who  may  resign  to  join  such  commands,  and  to  limit  and  restrict  the 

appointment  of  officers  in  certain  cases. 

Organization  of  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
companies,  Ac,  of  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  grant  authority  for  the  organization 
ficers.nU  "  0I>  companies,  battalions  or  regiments,  to  be  composed  of  supernumerary 

officers  of  the  provisional  army. 

Supernumerary  Sec  2.  ThatitshalJ  be  lawful  for  any  supernumerary  officer  to  join 
officers  may  join  sa\,±  organizations,  or  any  other  company  in  the  Confederate  service,  which 
o^other^mpauy1  ^oes  not  exoeed  the  maximum  prescribed  by  law,  upon  tender  to  the  pro- 
on  tender  of  resig-  per  authorities  of  his  resignation  for  that  purpose. 

nation.  gEC.  3.  That  the  offices  left  vacant,  by  such  resignations  shall   not  be 

cant  b°y  such  resi*-  ^e^  aric^  that  hereafter  the  lowest  grade  of  commissioned  officer  shall 
nations  not  to  be  not  be  filled  unless  there  are  upon  the  rolls  of  the  company  for  service  at 
filled.  least  forty-six  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates;  nor  shall  the  posi- 

jyhen  the  lowest  t«0  Qf  senjor  sec0nd  lieutenant  be  filled,  in  case  of  a  vacancy  therein,  unless 
sioned  officers  of  a  there  are  upon  the  rolls  of  the  company  for  service  at  least  thirty  non- 
company,  the  posi-  commissioned  officers  and  privates ;  nor  shall  the  position  of  first  lieu- 
tion  of  senior  se-  tenant   De  filled    unless  in  case  of  a   vacancy  there  are  at  least  twenty 

cond   lieutenant  •     •         j      .a*  j         •  j.\  11   >     r   -il  »" 

and  of  first  lieu-  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  on  the  rolls  01  the  company  for 
tenant,  may  b  e  service,  which  fact  shall  in  each  case  be  certified  to  by  the  captain  of  the 
fill®d-  .  company  and  approved  by  the  colonel  of  the  regiment,  before  such  promo- 

non  can  be  made. 


quired  of  tacts. 


ArPKovEO- June  14/1864. 


t        i  <   1CA4        Chap.    LII. — An   Act  to   authorize   the  appointment  of    Quartermasters   and  Assistant 
'  tao*-  Quartermast' rs  and  Cummiessarits  and  Assistant,  Commissaries  in  the  provisional  army 

in  certain  cases  > 

Appointment  of      The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
additional  qua  r- the  J  resident  is  hereby  authorized,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent -of 
termaster  s  and  the  genate,  to  appoint,  for  the  provisional  army,  additional  quartermasters 
provisional  army.   ari(^  commissaries,  with  the  rank  of  colonel,  lieutenant  colonel  and  major  : 
Rank.  Provided,  'ihat  such  additional  quartermasters  and  commissaries,  with  the 

Number.  rank  of  colonel,  shall  not  exceed  the  number  of  military  departments  and 

separate  armies  existing  at  the  time  of  their  appointment;  and  that  the 
additional  quartermasters  and  commissaries,  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant 
colonel,  shall  not  exceed  the  number  of  army  corps  existing  at  the  time  of 
their  appointment;  and  that  the  additional  quartermasters  and  commissa- 
ries, with  the  rank  of  major,  shall  not  exceed  the  number  of  divisions  of  the 
Appointment  of  army  existing  at  the  time  of  the  appointment;  and  for  the  collection,  control 
additional   quar-  anci  distribution  of  railroad  and  field  transportation  and  army  supplies,  the 
termaste  r  s   a  n     presj(joTj*  may  appoint  such  additional  quartermasters  and  assistant  quarter- 

commissanes   for  *  •>     ri  ,  t  .  t. 

the  control,  Ac,  of  masters  and  commissaries  as  may  be  necessary  lor  the  efficient  execution  or 

railroad  and  field  the  duties  of  the  quartermaster's  and  commissary's  departments;  and  such 

transportation  and         jjgsjricr  agents  or  transportation  agents  may  be  employed  as  the  service 
army  supplies.         *  p     »  ,     •  ,    .. '•      4    .  ..{?,  •'  ,    r,   •> 

Pure  basing  raay  require,  who  shall  not  have  military  rank,  and  whose  compensation 

agents   or   trans  shall  not  exceed  the  pay  of  a  captain  of  infantry,  and  who  may  be  required 

porfation  agents.    t0  give  bond  for  the  faithful  performance  of  those  duties ;  but  nothing  herein 

Bond.        ' '  "    contained  shall  be  construed  to  prohibit  the  assignment/of  quartermasters  and 

commissaries,  or  assistant  quartermasters  or  commissaries  to  any  of  the  fore- 

From  what  per-  g°ing  duties,  or  to  the  duty  of  paying  troops  '.Provided,  That  all  said  appoint- 

Bons  the  appoint-  ments  shall  be  made  from  persons  who  are  over  forty-five  years  of  age,  or 

meats  to  be  made.  w]10  are  incapacited  itfiysically  for  service  in  the  field,  or  who  have  been  in 

the  service  over  tweiro  ftaonths,  or  have  been  heretofore  discharging  any 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  53.     1864.  279 

of  the  aforesaid  duties:  Provided, further,  That  additional  assistant  quar-    When' additional 
tennasters  and  commissaries  shall  not  be  appointed,  if  there  are  officers ai,sis'tant  quarter- 

...  .  .  r,r         .     '      .  ,  .  masters  and  com- 

already  in  service  who  can  be  assigned  to  such  duties  without  detriment  to  miSSaries  not  to  be 
the  service.  appointed. 

Sec.  2.  That  it  shall   be  no  longer  incumbent  on   the  President  to     President  n  o  t 
appoint  or  to  keep  in  service  an  assistant  quartermaster,  with  the  rank  ofre(luired   t0    aP- 
captain  for  each  regiment  or  battalion  in  the  field,  but  he  may  assign  the  g«vMe°re»imentai 
quartermaster  of  any  army  corps,  division,  brigade,  regiment  or  battalion,  or  battalion  quar- 
or  the  commissary  of  any  army,  army  corps,  division  or  brigade,  to  duty  tennasters. 
as  quartermaster  or  commissary  elsewhere,  and  to  assign  quartermasters       fstslsuinon*^    , 
assistant   quartermasters   and   commissaries   and    assistant   commissaries  and  commissaries, 
appointed  to  posts  or  depots,  or  for  other  duties,  to  serve  with   armies, 
army  corps,  divisions  or  brigades  in  the  field,  whenever,  in  his  opinion,  the 
public  interest  will  be  promoted  thereby. 

Sec.  3.  That  in  case  the  services  of  any  regimental  quartermaster,  or     When    quarter- 

anv  other   quartermaster   or   assistaut   quartermaster,  or   commissary  ormaster.s  and  com " 

».  ,  *     .  .    ,     ,         j       ,i  .  .      ,i  .    .  eJ .-.     imssanes   may   be 

assistant  commissary,  appointed  under  this  act,  can,  in  the  opinion  ot  the  dropped  from  the 

President,  be  dispensed  with,  and  such  officer  cannot  be  otherwise  appro- rolls. 

priately  employed  to  the  public  interest,  his  name  shall  be  dropped  from 

the  rolls,  and  he  shall  cease  to  be  an  officer  of  the  provisional  •army. 

Sec.  4.  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  appoint     Appointment  of 

one  quartermaster,  with  the  rank  of  major,  for  each  State,  and  one  assis-  quartermaster   for. 

tant  quartermaster,  with  the  rank  of  captain,  for  each  Congressional  dis-  corieres-ioua^d'is- 

trict  in  the  several  States,  to  execute  the  duties  of  the  act  in  reference  to  triet  to  execute  du- 

the  tax  in  kind  :    Provided,    That  the  appointments  to  be  made  in  pur- ties  in  reference  to 

suance  of  this  section,  shall  be  made  with  the  same  restrictions  and  limita-  if6  *^ax  m         ' ' 

tions  as  are  set  forth  in  the  first  proviso  to  the  first  section  of  this  act.  Proviso. 

Approved  June  14, 1864. 


Chap  LIII. — An  Act  to   amend  an    act  entitled    "  An  act  to   organize   military  courts  to      June  14,  1864. 
attend  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States  in  the  field,  and  to  define  the  powers  of  said 
courts." 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  See  ante  p.  71- 
the  above  entitled  act  be  so  amended  that  in  all  instances  in  which  the  ^2>, cn-  36- 
particular  division,  corps,  district  or  other  subordinate  organization,  toof  the  ^rmy^or 
which  a  military  court  is  or  may  be  hereafter  appointed  or  assigned,  the  dep't  may  empower 
commander  of  the  army  or  department  may  by  order,  when  in  his  discre- commander.°( po- 
tion it  shall  be  proper  and  safe  to  dp  so,  direct  and  empower  the  com-  "rdinat*  division, 
mander  ot  the  subordinate  division,  corps,  district,  ore.,  to  pass  upon  and  tion  in  relation  to 
refer  for  trial  all  charges  and  specifications  to  come  before  said  court,  review  charges,  Ac,  to 
and  confirm  or  disapprove  the  records  thereof,  transmit  the  same  direct  tocome  before  IBlli* 

tiirT  courts 

the  War  Department,  remit  or  suspend  sentences  (where  lawful)  and  take 

all  action  and  exercise  all  jurisdiction  in  that  behalf  which  pertains  under  » 

existing  laws  to  the  commander  of  the  army  or  department. 

Sec.  2.  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act,  when  any  person  where  person  is 
shall  have  been  tried  by  any  military  court  or  court  martial,  and  acquitted  acquitted,  finding 
of  the    charge   or  charges   preferred,  the   finding  of  the   court  shall    be  ot  the  cou,rt . t0  be 

o  t  o         i  *  o  Jin nourj cGU.    hum-do- 

announced  immediately,  and  the  person  so  tried  and  acquitted,  if  a  soldier,  diately,  and   the 
shall  be  released  from  arrest  and  returned  to  duty;    and  if  other  than  a  person  released, 
soldier,  discharged  from   custody  without  awaiting  the  examination   or 
report  of  the  reviewing  officer  of  such  court. 

Approved  June  14,  1864. 


280  SECOND  CONGRESS.      Sess.  I.     Ch.  54,  55,  56,  57.  '  1864. 

June  14,  1864.      Chap   LIV. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  '  An  act 

to  organize  military  court*  to    attend  the  army  of  the    Confederate    States  in    the  field, 

and  to  define  the  powers  of  said  courts,' "  approved  February  thirteenth,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-four. 

See  ante.  p.  1S6,       The   Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That 

chAT         i-  the  proviso  to  said  act,  and  also  so  much  thereof  as  requires  that  the  iudsfe 

No     notice     re-     ,.    r         ...  ,  .'  ,1.11  in-        ,     ^    1  .  «    1  ' 

quired  of  the  time  °t  the  military  court  in  north  Alabama  shall  give  ten  days  notice  of  the 

and  place  of  hold-  times  and  places  of  holding  said  courts  before  the  same  are  held,  be,  and 

tug  military  courts  the  same  are  hereby,  repealed. 

in  north  Alabama.  '     .    r    _ 

Approved  June  14,  1864. 


_    June  14,  1S64.      Chap.  LV. — An  Act  to  amend  the    laws   relating    to    the    commutation   value  of  hospital 
~  ■  rations. 

Commutation       The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,    That 

lions'  ofTick  and  ^e  c°mm"tation  value  of  rations  of  the  sick  and  wounded  officers  and 

w  o  unded   officers  soldiers  in  hospitals  or  other  places,  used  in  camp  or  the  field  as  hospitals,  be 

and  soldiei-3 in  hos- fixed  at'the  government  cost  of  said  rations,  and  one  hundred  per  centum 

*'  Hospital  fund     thereon:  Provided,  That  said  one  hundred  per  centum  on  the  government 

cost  of  each  ration   commuted  shall  constitute  a  hospital  fund,  and  be 

drawn  and  appropriated  as  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  deem  necessary,  to 

purchase  supplies  for  the  use  of  the  sick  and  disabled  of  the  army  in 

hospitals. 

Approved  June  1.4,  1804. 


June  14,  1864.  Chap.  LVI. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  prohibit  the  importation  of 
luxuries  or  of  articles  not  necessaries  or  of  common  use,"  approved  February  sixth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four. 

,  .  > 

So  much  of  the  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
(ante.  p.  181  eh'  so  mncn  °f  the  act  entitled  "  An  act  to  prohibit  the  importation  of  luxu- 
24,)  as  forbids  the  ries  or  of  articles  not  necessaries  or  of  common  use,"  approved  sixth  Feb- 
icaportationofpre- ruary,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-four,  as  forbids  the  importation  of  pre- 
fruits  meats1  &c'  Pare<^  "vegetables,  fruits,  meats,  poultry  and  game,  sealed  or  inclosed  in 
repealed.  '  cans   or  otherwise,   and   brooms   and   brushes  of  all   kinds,"   is  hereby 

repealed. 

Approved  June  14,  1864. 


• 


June  14,  1864.      Chap.  LVII. — An  Act  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  organize  military  courts  to 

— ■      attend  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States  in  the  field,  and  to  define  the  powers  of  said 

courts,"  approved   October  ninth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

So  much  of  act  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That 
cf  Oct.  9,  1862,  so  much  0f  the  said  act  as  empowers  the  said  military  courts  to  appoint 
aTempowers  mill-  their  clerks  and  marshals,  and  provides  for  the  payment  of  the  salaries  of 
tary  courts  to  ap-  the  said  officers,  is  hereby  repealed ;  and  hereafter  it  shall  be  the  duty  of 
point  their  clerks  the  Secretary  of  War  to  detail  and  assign  persons  to  fill  said  offices  from 
peale-L^8  ^  re"  military  officers  and  non-commissioned  officers  and  privates  unable  to  per- 
form duty  in  th«  field,  and  the  compensation  of  such  persons  shall   only 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  58.     1864.  281 

be  the  pay  to  which  they  may  be  respectively  entitled  by  virtue  of  their     Sect'yof  War  to 

sv*                '    "  '■' '  •  detail    persons    to 

military  commissions.  fiU  saidpoffices> 

APPKOVED  June  14,  1864.  Compensation. 


Chap.  LVIII. — An   Act    to    provide   and  organize   a  General  Staff  for   armies  in  the      June  14,  lc04. 
field  to  serve  during  the    war. 


Ihe  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That  General  staff  of 
hereafter  the  general  staff  of  the  army  shall  constitute  a  corps,  and  staff  tute^'corpa^'Not 
officers  shall  no  longer,  except  by  assignment,  be  attached  to  any  partic-  to  be  attached  to 
ular  military  organization,  or  be  held  to  duty  at  any  post.  That  promo-  an.y  partieub  r 
tions  in  said  corps  shall  be  by  selection,  based  upon  capacity,  merit  and  ™0IJU^g  or&aima- 
services,  and  no  one  shall  be  appointed  in  said  corps,  unless  he  has  been  Promotions, 
two  years,  at  least,  in  the  military  service  during  this  war,  or  is  over 
forty-five  years  of  age,  or  is  unfit  for  military  service  in  the  field. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  assign  all  officers  Assignment  of 
of  the  staff  to  such  appropriate  duties  as  he  may  think  proper,  except  ^t,*ff  officers  to 
that  he  shall  not  assign  them  to  commands  in  the  line,  unless  in  cases  of  Not  to  hold  com- 
emergency,  and  then  only  for  a  short  time  ;  and  no  officer  shall  be  allowed  missions  the 
to  hold,  at  the  same  time,  a  commission  or  appointment  in  the  staff  and  f.taff  and  m    the 

,      ,.  J  rr  line,    at    the  same 

in  the  line.  time. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized,  upon  the  application  Appointment  of 
of  any  general  commanding  an  army  ia  the  field,  to  appoint,  by  and  with  shenirer]al  j°ffitCur 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  or  assign  for  duty  with  such  gen-  direction  of  a  gen- 
eral, whilst  so  commanding,  a  general  officer,  who  shall  be  charged,  under  ral,  with  the  ad- 
the  direction  of  the  general,  with  the  administration  of  his  army  ;  there  ministration  of  hie 
shall  also  be  allowed  to  a  general,  so  commanding,  two  assistant  adjutants  ar™^'g-  0fficers  ai- 
general,  one  chief  quartermaster,  one  chief  of  ordnance,  and  one  chief  com-  lowed  a  general 
missary,  each  with  the  rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a  colonel  of  cavalry;  commanding  an 
a  surgeon  as  medical  director,  with  the  pay  and  allowances  of  a  colonel  xhefr^ank  pay 
of  cavalry ;  one  aid-de-camp,  with  the  rank,  pay  aud  allowances  of  a  and  allowances, 
colonel  of  cavalry;  and  one  aid-de-eamp,  with  the  rank,  pay  and  allow- 
ances of  a  lieutenant  colonel  of  cavalry. 

Sec.  4.  That  to  a  lieutenant  general  commanding  a  corps  d'armee  shall     Sfcaff  officers  al- 
be  allowed,  to  be  appointed  by  the  President,  with  the  advice  and  con-  „°e^era*  c^mmand- 
sent  of  the  Senate,  two  assistant  adjutants  general,  with  the  rank,  pay  in  g  a  corps  d'armee. 
and   allowances   each  of  a  colonel  of  cavalry;    a  chief  of  ordnance,  a  Kank,  pay  and  al- 
chief  quartermaster,  and  a  chief  commissary,  e>ach  with  the  rank,  pay  owanoes- 
and   allowances  of  a   lieutenant   colonel  of  cavalry ;     he   shall  also   be 
allowed  one  surgeon,  as  medical  director,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Presi- 
dent, with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  with  the  pay  and  allow- 
ances of  a  lieutenant  colonel  of  cavalry;  and  to  be  appointed  as  above, 
one  aid-de-camp,  with  the  rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a  lieutenant  colo- 
nel of  cavalry,  and  one  aid-de-camp,  with  the  rank,  pay  and  allowances  of 
a  major  of  cavalry. 

Sec.  5.  That  to  a  major  general  commanding  a  division  shall  be  allowed,  Staff  officers  al- 
to be  appointed  by  the  President,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Iowed  am.jorgen- 
,,        ,    r,r  .  >  J  .      ...    .  '        ,       •  i    ,i  i  i     ii  oral  commanding  a 

Senate,  two  assistant  adjutants  general,  with  the  rank,  pay  and  allowances  division.      Rank. 

each  of  a  lieutenant  colonel  of  cavalry ;  one  chief  of  ordnance,  one  chiei  Fa7    an*    allow- 
quartermaster,  and   a  chief  commissary,  each  with    the  rank,  pay  and  anoos' 
allowances  of  a  major  of   cavalry;  also'  a  surgeon,  with   the  pay  and 
allowances  of  a  major  of  cavalry;  one  aid-de-camp,  with  the  rank,  pay 
and   allowances  of  a  major  of  cavalry ;  and   one  aid-de-camp,  with   the 
rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a  captain  of  cavalry. 


282  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Ch.  58.     1864. 

Staff  officers  al-      Sec.  6.    That  to  a  brigadier  general. commanding  a  brigade  shall  be 
lowed  a  brigadier  a"llo-wed,  to  be  appointed  as  hereinbefore  directed,  two  assistant  adjutants 

general  command-  '  r -r       .  p  ,\       ,  ,  •>  . 

ing  a  b  rigade. general  and  one  assistant  inspector  general,  with  the  rank,  pay  and 
Rank,  pay  and  al- allowances  each  of  a  major  of  cavalry;  one  surgeon,  with  the  pay  and 
lowanccs.  allowances  of  a  major  of  cavalry;    one   ordnance  officer,  with  the  rank, 

pay  and  allowances  of  a  captain  of  cavalry ;  one  aid-de-camp,  with  the 
rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a  captain  of  cavalry;  and  one  aid-de-camp, 
with  the  rank,  pay  and  allowances  of  a  first  lieutenant  of  cavalry. 
Number  of  staff     Sec.  7.  That  the  President  is  hereby  authorized  to  reduce  the  number 
officers  a.llowed0f  officers  allowed  by  this  act  to  the  staff  of  any  general  officer,  or  to 
increased     °C       increa.se  tue  same  when,  in  his  opinion,  the  service  will  be  benefitted 
thereby. 
Appointments  to      Sec.  8.  That  all  appointments  under  this  act  shall  be  made  from  those 
be  made  from  those  already  in  service. 

Approved  June  14,  1864. 


I 


SECOND  CONGRESS.    Sess.  I.     Res.  1,  2,  S,  4.     1864.         I  233 


RESOLUTIONS. 


[No.  1.] — Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to   the  thirty -fourth   and  t  hi  ■  iy- eighth  regiments  of     May  17, 1361. 
North   Carolina  troope.  . — — 


The  Congress  of  tJie  Confederate  States  of  America  do  resolve,  That  Thanks  of  Con- 
the  thanks  of  Congress  are  eminently  due,  and  are  hereby  tendered,  to  thegress  to  34th  and 
thirty-fourth  and  thirty-eighth  regiments  of  North  Carolina  troops,  for  th®  CmrolSf^trooM  H'" 
promptness  and  unanimity  with  which  they  have  re-enlisted  for  the  war. 

Appboved  May  17,  1864. 


[No.  2.] — Joir.t,   resolution  of  thanks  to  the    Texas  brigade  in  the  army  of   Northern      May  17,  1S64. 

Virginia. 

The   Coxn.gr 'ess  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  resolve,  That     Thanks  of*  Con 
the  thanks  of  Congress  are  due,  and   are  hereby  tendered,  to  the  Texas ress  t0  Texas  bri- 
brigade,  composed  of  the  first,  fourth  and  fifth  Texas  and  third  Arkansas  ga  e* 
regiments,  for  their  eminently  patriotic  conduct  in  re-enlisting  for  the  war. 

Approved  May  17,  1864. 


[No.  3.] — Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to  Major   General  Hoke   and   Commander  Cooke,      Mav  17, 1864. 

and  the  officers  and  mm  vnder  their  command,  for  the  brilliant  victory  over  the  enemy . 

at  Plymouth,  North  Carolina. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  That  Thanks  of  Cod- 
the  thanks  of  Congress  and  the  country  are  due,  and  are  tendered,  gre8S  t0  Mai-  GeD- 
to  Major  General  Robert  F.  Hoke,  and  Commander  James  W.  Cooke,  and    °„ ^   *p„„i,„oni" 

i         ai  i  it-  p        i       i    "ii  •  manaer  Oooke. 

the  otneers  and  men  under  their  command,  for  the   brilliant  victory  over 

the  enemy  at  Plymouth,  North  Carolina.  f 

Approved,  May  17,  1864. 


[No.  4.J — Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to  General  Finnegan  and  the  officers  and  men  of  his      «#       j*  jgg< 

command.  ' 


Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  That     Thanks  of  Con- 
the  thanks  of  Congress  are  due,  and  are  hereby  tendered,  to  Brigadier  gress  to  Brig.  Gen. 
General  Joseph  Finnegan,  and  the  officers  and.  men  of  his  command,  for  JosePk   Finnegaa 
the  skill  and  gallantry  displayed  in  achieving  the  signal  victory  of  Ocean  Rn     l3  comman 
Pond,  Florida,  on  the  twentieth  of  February  last. 

Approved  May  17,  1864. 


284  •  SECOND  CONGRESS.    Sess.X.  Res.  5,  6,  7,  8.  #  1864. 

May  23,  1864.       [No.  5.] — Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to  Missouri  officers  and  soldiers  in  the  Confederate 
— service  east  of  the  Mississippi  river. 


Thanks  of  Con-  Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  That 
gross  to  Missouri  the  thanks  0f  Congress  are  eminently  due,  and  are  hereby  tendered,  to 
diersln  the  service  Brigadier  General  F.  M.  Cockrill,  and  the  officers  and  soldiers  composing 
east  of  the  Missis-  the  first,  second,  third,  fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  regiments  of  Missouri  infantry, 
siypi  river.  first,  second   and  third  regiments"  of  Missouri  cavalry,   the   batteries  of 

Bledsoe,  Landis,  Guibor,  Walsh,  Dawson  and  Barrett,  and  Woodson's 
detached  company,  all  in  the  service  of  the  Confederacy,  east  of  the  Mis- 
sissippi river,  for  the  prompt  renewal  of  their  pledges  of  fidelity  to  the 
cause  of  Southern  independence  for  forty  years,  unless  independence  and 
peace,  without  curtailment  of  boundaries,  shall  be  sooner  secured.  ' 
Approved  May  23, 1864. 


May  2.3   1864.       [No.  6.]  •  Joint  resolution  of  thanks    to   Major    General   2f.    B.    Forrest,  and  the  officers 

and  men  of  his    command,  for   their  campaign  in  Mississippi,    West- Tennessee  and 

Kentucky.  • 

Thanks  of  Con-      Resolved  by  the    Congress  of  the.  Confederate  States  of  America,  That 

g-ress  to  Maj.  Gen.  j.jie  thanks  of  Conyress  are  eminently  due,  and  are  herebv  cordially  ten- 

xv.  Is.  iorrest  and  .  »  ^        J  '  •>  J 

his  command.        dered,  to  Major  General  jN.   B.  Forrest,  and   the   officers  and   men  ot  his 

«  command,  for  their  late  brilliant  and  successful  campaign  in   Mississippi, 

west  Tennessee  and  Kentucky-.— a  campaign  which  has  conferred  upon  its 

authors  fame  as  enduring  as  the  records  of  the  struggle  which  they  have 

so  brilliantly  illustrated.  ■         ,  ■  ■. 

Approved  May  23,  1864. 


Mav  23   1864       [No.  7.] — Joint  resolution  authorizing  the  auditing  of  accounts  of  members  for  pay  and 
1 ° mileage. 

Auditing  of  ao-       The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  resolve,  That 

counts  of  members  the  committee  on  pay  and  mileage  of  each  House  be  authorized  to  audit  all 

of  first  Congress  acccunts  of  members  of  either  House  of  the  late  Congress  for  any  balances 

agei  of.  pay  or  mileage  that  maybe  due  to  them,  and  the  President  of  the 

Senate  and  Speaker  of  the  House,  respectively,  to  sign  accounts  for  the 

same,  in  the  same  manner  as  if  such  balances  were  due  to  members  of  the 

present  Congress. 

Approved  May  23,  1864. 


Mav  2°   1864       [No.  8.] — Joint  resolution  requiring  the   Department  of  Justice  to  furnish  the  standing 
...  ?  '     ' '__  committees  of  the  two  Houses  with  printed  copies  of  the  acts  of  Congress. 


Copies  of  acts  of  The  Congress  of  the.  Confederate  States  of  America  do  resolve,  That 
Congusstobefur- the  Department  of  Justice,  upon  the  application  of  the  chairmen  of  the 
mshed  the  several  severai  standing  committees  of  the  two  Houses,  be,  and  it  is  hereby,  required 
standing   commit-        .       .  ,        .  ,fa  ■  .  ,  •         ,>    i  •    ;  Ji       .  .       en  n^i 

tees   of    the  two '  to  furnish  said;  committees  copies  01  the  printed  acts  ot  Congress,  tor  the 
Houses.  use-of.such  committees.-.      _„.,..  .        , 

Approved  May  23, 1861.  •  ■  ~ 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.    Res.  9,  10,11,12.     1864.  285 

[No.  9  ] — Joint  resolution  responsive  to  the  resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Yir-      June  4,  1864. 

ginia,  aiserting  the  jurisdiction  and  sovereignty  of  the  State  of  Virginia  over  her  ancient 

boundaries.  T 

Whereas,    Resolutions  of  the  General  Assembly  of  Virginia,  adopted     Preamble. 
October  eighth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-three,  have  been  communi- 
cated to  Congress  by  the  Governor  of  that  State,  at  the  request  of  the 
General  Assembly,  wherein  that  body,  referring  to  former  proceedings 
and  to  the  attempt  of  the  enemy  to  form  a  new  State  out  of  the  State 
of  Virginia;  declares  that  "it  is  the  firm  determination  of  the  State, 
and  known  to  be  that  of  the  Confederate  Government,  to  assert  and 
maintain  the  jurisdiction  and  sovereignty  of  the  State  of  Virginia  to  the 
uttermost  limits  of  her  ancient  boundaries,  at  any  and  every  cost:" 
The   Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  resolve.  That     Jurisdiction  and 
in  no  event  will  this  Government  consent  to  a  division  or  dismemberment  !°yer.e.'  Sa  lJ  °* 
of  the  State  of  Virginia,  but  will  assert  and  maintain  her  jurisdiction  and .^^03!*  limits  "of 
sovereignty  to  the  uttermost  limits  of  her  ancient  boundaries,  at  any  and  her  ancient bound- 
*8very  cost.  arjes  *°  De  maia- 

Approved  June  4,  1864, 


[No.  10.] — Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to  the  ninth  regiment  of  Texas  infantry.  June  4,  1864. 


The  Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of  America  do  resolve.  That     Tbanks  of  Coa- 
the  thanks  of  Congress  are  eminently  due,  and  are  hereby  cordially  ten- press  to  ninth  ren- 
dered, to  the  ninth" regiment  of  fexas  infantry,  for  their  patriotic  conduct.j.^4 of  Texas  in* 
in  re-enlisting  for  the  war,  and  tendering  their  energies,  lives  and  honor  to 
the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  till  it  is  ended  and  our  independence 
achieved. 

Approved  June  4,  1864. 


[No.  11.] — Joint  resolution  of  thanks  to  Major  Oentrai  Richard  Taylor,  and  the  officers      Jnne  10, 1864, 
and  men  of  his  command. 

Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America,  That     Thanks  of  foa- 
the  thanks  of  Congress  are  eminently  due,  a«d  are  hereby,  most  cordially  g^lmrd  ^»  y  iTi 
tendered,  to  Major  General  Richard  Taylor,  and  the  officers  and  men  of  his  and    the    officer* 
command,  for  the  brilliant  successes  obtained  by  them  over  the  enemy  in  and  men  of  hi  a 
Louisiana  during  the  past  year,  and  particularly  for  the  victories  at  Mans-  command- 
field  and  Pleasant  Hill,  on  the  eighth  and  ninth  of  April  last,  and  their 
subsequent  operations  against  the  retreating  army  of  the  Federal  General 
Banks,  in  the  valley  of  the  Red  river. 

Resolved,  That   the  President  communicate  this  resolution  "to  Major     President  to 
•General  Taylor  and  the  officers  and  men  of  bis  command.  £J2S£?*"  ** 

Approve®  June  10,  1864. 


[No.  12.]     Joint  resolution  to  allow  sick  and  wounded  officers  of  the  army  ttentaporta-      June  10, 1864. 
tion  to  their  homes  and  hospital  accommodations.  _-——__ 

Resolved    by   the    Congress  of   the    Confederate   States    of  America,    Sick  and  wonnd- 
That  sick  and  wounded  officers  on  leave,  upon  certificates  of  a  board  of  transportation, 
surgeons,  be  allowed  transportation  to  their  homes  and  hack  to  their 
commands,  as  in  the  case  of  enlisted  men  on  furlough ;    the  indulgence 

3 


286  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Res.   13.     1864. 

hereby  accorded  to  continue  in  force  for  ninety  days  after  the  next  meet- 
ing of  Congress. 
Also  h  ospital      Resolved,  further,  That  all  sick  and  wounded  officers  in  the  naval  and 
accommodation*     military  service  shall  be  entitled  to  enter  any  hospital  and  receive  such 
treatment  and  rations  as  now  provided  by  law,  free  of  charge. 
Approved  June  10,  1864. 


June.  14,  1864.      [No.  13.]     Joint  resolution    declaring   the  dispositions,  principles   and  purposes  ef  the 
'•*-* i  Confederate  States  in  relation  to  the  existing  war  with  the  United  States. 


Preamble.  "Whereas,    It  is  due  to  the  great  cause  of  humanity  and  civilization, 

and  especially  to  the  heroic  sacrifices  of  their  gallantarmy  in  the  field, 
that  no  means  consistent  with  a  proper  self-respect,  and  the  .approved 
usages  of  nations,  should  be  omitted  by  the   Confederate  States  to 
enlighten  the  public  opinion  of  the  world   with  regard  to  the  true 
character  of  the  struggle  in  which  they  are  engaged,  and  the  dispo- 
sitions, principles  and  purposes  by  which  they  are  actuated ;  there- 
fore— 
President  to      Resolved    by    the    Congress  of    the    Confederate    States    of   America, 
^iuhb  copies  of  fol-  That  the  following   manifesto   be  issued   in  their   name  and   by  their 
be^transmkted^o authority*  an(*  that  the  President  be  requested  to  cause  copies  thereof 
our  com'rs  abroad,  to.  be  transmitted  to  our  commissioners  abroad,  to  the  end  that  the  same 
to  be  laid  before  may  be  laid  before  foreign  governments: 

foreign  gov'ts. 

3fanifesto  of  the    Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America   relative  to    the  existing 
war  with  the  United  States. 


Manifesto  of  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  acknowledging 
Congress  declaring  their  responsibility  to  the  opinion  of  the  civilized  world,  to  the  great 
the    dispositions,  j       of  Christian  philanthropy,  and  to  the  Supreme  Ruler  of  the  Universe, 

principles  and  pur-  „        ,  ,7  1  n    t     ,       f  ■        i  i  1         J. 

poses  of  the  C.  S.  Ior  the  part  they  have  been   compelled   to   bear  in  the   sad  spectacle   01 

in  relation  to  the  war  and   carnage  which   this  continent  has,  for   the   last  three  years, 

existing  war  with  exhibited  to  the  eyes  of  afflicted   humanity,  deem  the   present  a  fitting 

'  occasion  to  declare  the  principles,  the  sentiments,  and  the  purposes  by 

which  they  have  been,  and  are  still,  actuated.      They  have  ever  deeply 

deplored  the  necessity  which  constrained  them  to  take  up  arms  in  defence 

of  their  rights  and  of  the  free  institutions  derived  from  their  ancestors; 

and  there  is  nothing  they  more  ardently  desire  than   peace,  whensoever 

their  enemy,  by  ceasing  from  the   unhallowed   war  waged   upon   them, 

shall  permit  them  to  enjoy  in  peace  the  sheltering  protection  of  those 

hereditary  rights  and  of  those  cherished  institutions. 

The  series  of  successes  with  which  it  has  pleased  Almighty  God,  in 
so  signal  a  manner,  to  bless  our  arms  on  almost  every  point  uf  our  invaded 
borders  since  the  opening  of  the  present  campaign,  enables  us  to  profess, 
this  desire  of  peace  in  the  interests  of  civilization  and  humanity  without 
danger  of  having  our  mbtives  misinterpreted,  or  of  the  declaration  being 
ascribed  to  any  unmanly  sentiment,  or  any  distrust  of  our  ability  fully 
to  maintain  our  cause.  The  repeated  and  disastrous  checks  foreshadow- 
ing ultimate  discomfiture,  which  their  gigantic  army,  directed  against 
the  capital  of  the  Confederacy,  has  already  met  with,  are  but  a  contin- 
uation of  the  same  providential  successes  for  us.  We  do  not  refer  to 
these  successes  in  any  spirit  of  vain  boasting,  but  in  humble  acknowl- 
edgement of  that  Almighty  protection  which  has  vouchsafed  and 
granted  them. 
.  The  world  must  now  see  that  eight  millions  of  people;  inhabiting  so 


SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Res.  13.     1364.  287 

extensive  a  territory,  with  such  varied  resources,  and  such  numerous 
facilities  for  defence  as  the  benignant  bounty  of  nature  has  bestowed 
Upon  us,  and  animated  with  one  spirit  to  encounter  every  privation  and 
sacrifice  of  ease,  of  health,  of  property,  of  life  itself,  rather  than  be 
degraded  from  the  condition  ot  free  and  independent  States  into  which 
they  were  born,  can  never  be  conquered.  Will  not  our  adversaries  them- 
selves begin  to  feel  that  humanity  has  bled  long  enough,  that  tears  and 
blood  and  treasure  enough,  have  been  expended  in  a  bootless  undertaking, 
covering  their  own  land,  no  less  than  ours,  with  a  pall  of  mourning,  and 
exposing  them  far  more  than  ourselves  to  the  catastrophe  of  financial 
exhaustion  and  bankruptcy,  not  to  speak  of  the  loss  of  their  liberties  by 
the  despotism  engendered  in  an  aggressive  warfare  upon  the  liberties  of 
another  and  kindred  people?  Will  they  be  willing,  by  a  longer  perse- 
verance in  a  wanton  and  hopeless  contest,  to  make  this  continent,  which 
they  so  long  boasted  to  be  the  chosen  abode  of  liberty  and  self-govern- 
ment, of  peace  and  a  higher  civilization,  the  theatre  of  the  most  cause- 
less and  prodigal  effusion  of  blood  which  the  world  has  ever  seen,  of  a 
virtual  relapse  into  the  barbarism  of  the  ruder  ages,  and  of  the  destruc- 
tion of  constitutional  freedom,  by  the  lawlessness  of  usurped  power  ? 
These  are  questions  which  our  adversaries  will  decide  for  themselves. 
We  desire  to  stand  acquitted,  before  the  tribunal  of  the  world,  as  well 
as  in  the  eyes  of  Omniscient  justice,  of  any  responsibility  for  the  origin 
or  prolongation  of  a  war  as  contrary  to  the  spirit  of  the  age  as  to  the 
traditions  and  acknowledged  maxims  of  the  political  system  of  America. 
On  this  continent,  whatever  opinions  may  have  prevailed  elsewhere,  it 
has  ever  been  held  and  acknowledged  by  all  parties,  that  government,  to 
be  lawful,  must  be  founded  on  the  consent  of  the  governed.  We  were 
forced  to  dissolve  our  federal  connection  with  our  former  associates  by 
their  aggressions  on  the  fundamental  principles  of  our  compact  of  union 
with  them,  and,  in  doing  so,  we  exercised  a  right  consecrated  in  the 
great  charter  of  American  liberty — the  right  of  a  free  people,  when  a 
government  proves  destructive  of  the  ends  for  which  it  was  established, 
to  recur  to  original  principles  and  to  institute  new  guards  for  their 
security.' 

The  separate  independence  of  the  States,  as  sovereign  and  coequal 
members  of  the  Federal  Union,  had  never  been  surrendered,  and  the 
pretension  of  applying  to  independent  communities,  so  constituted  aud  • 
organized,  the  ordinary  rules  for  coercing  and  reducing  rebellious 
subjects  to  obedience,  Was  a  solecism  in  terms  as  well  as  an  outrage  on 
the  principles  of  public  law.  The  war  made  upon  the  Confederate 
Spates  was,  therefore,  wholly  one  of  aggression ;  on  our  side  it  has  been 
strictly  defensive.  Born  freemen,  aud  the  descendants  of  a  gallant 
ancestry,  we  had  no  option  but  to  stand  up  in  defence  of  our  invaded 
firesides,  of  our  desecrated  altars,  of  our  violated  liberties  and  birthright, 
and  of  the  prescriptive  institutions  which  guard  and  protect  them.  We 
have  not  interfered,  nor  do  we  wish  in  any  manner  whatever  to  interfere, 
with  the  internal  peace  and  prosperity  of  the  States  arrayed  in  hostility 
against  us,  or  with  the  freest  development  of  their  destinies  in  any  form 
of  action  or  line  of  policy  they  may  think  proper  to  adopt  for  themselves. 
All  we  ask  is  a  like  immunity  for  ourselves,  and  to  be  left  in  the  undis- 
turbed enjoyment  of  those  inalienable  rights  of  "life,  liberty,  and  the 
pursuit  of  happiness"  which  our  common  ancestors  declared  to  be  the 
equal  heritage  of  all  parties  to  the  social  compact.  Let  them  forbear 
aggressions  upon  us,  and  the  war  is  at  an  end.  If  there  be  questions 
which  require  adjustment  by  negotiation,  we  have  ever  been  willing,  and 
are  still  willing,  to  enter  into  communication  with  our  adversaries  in  a 
spirit  of  peace,  of  equity,  and  manly  frankness.     Strong  in  the  persua- 


288  SECOND  CONGRESS.     Sess.  I.     Res.  13.     1864. 

si  on  of  the  justice  of  our  cause,  iu  the  gallant  devotion  of  our  citizen- 
soldiers  and  the  whole  body  of  our  people,  and  above  all,  in  the  gracious 
protection  of  Heaven,  we  are  not  afraid  to  avow  a  sincere  desire  for  peace 
on  terms  consistent  with  our  honor  and  the  permanent  security  of  our 
rights,  and  an  earnest  aspiration  to  see  the  world  once  more  restored  to 
the  beneficent  pursuits  of  industry  and  of  neutral  intercourse  and 
exchanges  so  essential  to  its  well  being,  and  which  have  been  so  gravely 
interrupted  by  the  existence  of  this  unnatural  war  in  America.  But  if 
our  adversaries,  or  those  whom  they  have  placed  in  authority,  deaf  to 
the  voice  of  reason  and  justice,  steeled  against  the  dictates  of  both 
prudence  and  humanity,  by  a  presumptuous  and  delusive  confidence  in 
their  own  numbers  or  those  of  their  black  and  foreign  mercenaries,  shall 
determine  upon  an  indefinite  prolongation  of  the  contest,  upon  them  be 
the  responsibility  of  a  decision  so  ruinous  to  themselves  and  so  injurious 
to  the  interests  and  repose  of  mankind.  For  ourselves,  we  have  no  fear 
of  the  result.  The  wildest  picture  ever  drawn  of  a  disordered  imagi- 
nation comes  short  of  the  extravagance  which  could  dream  of  the  con- 
quest of  eight  millions  of  people  resolved  with  one  mind  "to  die  freemen 
rather  than  live  slaves,"  and  forewarned  by  the  savage  and  exterminating 
spirit  in  which  this  war  has  been  waged  upon  them,  and  by  the  mad 
avowals  of  its  patrons  and  supporters  of  the  worse  than  Egyptian  bondage 
that  awaits  them  in  the  event  of  their  subjugation. 

With  these  declarations  of  our  dispositions,  our  principles,  and  our  pur- 
poses, we  commit  our  cause  to  the  enlighteued  judgment  of  the  world, 
to  the  sober  reflections  of  our  adversaries  themselves,  and  to  the  solemn 
and  righteous  arbitrament  of  Heaven. 

Approved  June  14,  1864. 


• 


• 


INDEX 


TO  THE 


FOREGOING    PUBLIC    ACTS    AND    RESOLUTIONS 


OP   THE   CONFEDERATE   STATES. 


Accounts, 

auditing  of  accounts  of  members  of  first 

Congress  for  pay  and  mileage, 284 

Adjutant  and  Inspector  General's  Department, 

appropriation  for  contingent  expenses  of,...  267 
Admirals, 

appointments  of,  in  the  provisional  navy,...  277 
Advertising,  I 

appropriation  for, 267  £ 

Agents  of  the  Post- Office  Department,  ? 

franking  privilege  extended  to, 254  ; 

appropriations  for, ....269,  270  ) 

Agent  of-  the  Treasury  Department,  ( 

appropriation  for, 267  ', 

Agents,  .  < 

appropriation  for  salary,   Ac,  of  agent  of         ( 

Erlanger  loan,  in  Paris, 267  I 

appointment  of  agents  to  receive  and  take  / 

proof  of    claims  for  forage,   provisions,  ? 

Ac,  furnished  to  the  army  by  the  owner  > 

or  taken  or  informally  impressed, 271  / 

duties, 271-272  j 

may  administer  oaths  to  witnesses  and  I 

claimants,, 272  I 

pay  and  mileage, 272) 

who  eligible, 272  < 

Agricultural  Products,  i 

certain    agricultural  products,  of  the  year  / 

1863.  exempt  from  taxation, 274  •; 

Alabamn,  ? 

no  notice  required  of  time  and  place  of  hold-  I 

ing  military  court  in  North  Alabama,,....  280  t 

Alcoholic  Liquors,  / 

eou  tracts  authorized  for  the  manufacture  of  > 

alcoholic  and  spirituous  liquors  for  the  / 

army  and  h  sp  tals, 271  '/ 

centra  it  to  operate  as  a  license  to  the  con-  ] 

tractor 271  > 

manufactories  or  distilleries  may  bo  estab-  \ 

lishe.l, 271  \ 

employment  of  laborers, 271  \ 


Alcoholic  Liquors,  (continued.) 

contractor  not  to  make  more  alcoholic  or 
spirituous  liquors  than  he  shall  deliver  to 

the  Government, 271 

prohibited  from  selling  or  disposing  of 

the  same, .'. 271 

act  not  to  operate  as  a  license  to  con-, 
tractor  far  -any  violation  of  its  pro- 
hibitions,   271 

Appointmen  Is, 

of  temporary  officers  of  the  rank  of  briga- 
dier general,  major  general,  lieutenant 
general   or   general   for  the  provisional 

army, 25S 

how  long  to  hold  their  rank  and  com- 
mand,    255 

of  ensign  for  each  battalion  of  infantry,....  256 
of  chemists  and  professional  assistants  for 

nitre  and  mining  bureau, 26.'» 

of  additional  officers  of  artillery  for  ord- 
nance duties, 266 

of  agents  to  receive  and  take  proof  of 
claims   for  forage,   provisions,   &c,  far- 

nished  to  the  army  or  impressed, '.  271 

of  commissioned  officers  of  the  provisional 

navy, 277 

of  additional  quartermasters  and  commis- 
saries,   278  , 

of  purchasing  agents,    and   transportation 

agents, 27*  , 

so  much  of  act  of  October  9, 1862,  as  author- 
izes military  courts  to  appoint  their  clerks 

and  marshals,  repealed, 280 

of  quartermaster  for  each  State  and  Con- 
gressional district   to  execute   duties  in 

reference  to  the  tax  in  kind, 279 

in  the   corps  composed  of  the   general  staff 

of  the  army, 281-28:.' 

who  eligible  to  iippointmcnt  to  office  in  the 

general  staff, ,„ 281 

no  officer  to  hold  commission  or  appointment 
in  the  staff  and  in  the  line,  at  the  same 
time, 281 


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INDEX. 


Appointments,  (continued.)  ) Appropriations,  (continued.) 

of  general  officer  charged*,  under  the  direc-  i 

tion  of  a  commanding  general,  with  the  / 

administration  of  his  army, 281  ', 

Appropriations,  £ 

money  contributed  by  the  ladies  of  South  X 

Carolina  to  build  an  iron-clad  gun-boat,  ) 

appropriated  for  the  construction  of  iron-  ^ 

clad  vessels,  at  Charleston, 253  j 

for  the  postal  service,  for  the  years  1862'and  I 

1863, , 263 

for   the   support  bf  the   government  from  X 

July  1  to  December  31, 1864,  and  to  sup-  ? 

ply  a  deficiency,  viz  : ? 


Legislative, . 

pay   and  mileage  of  members   of  / 

the  House,. .' 266  ) 

officers,  Ac,  of  the  House, 266  X 

contingent  expenses  of  the  House,  266  X 
pay  and  mileage  of  the  Senate,....  266  X 
officers  and  clerks  of  the  Senate,...  266  ( 
contingent  expenses  of  the  Senate,  266  j 

Executive, 266  > 

President 266  \ 

Vice-President, 266  / 

private   secretary   and   messenger  l 

of  President,.. 266  / 

private  secretary  of  the  Vice-Pres-  > 

ident, 267  ) 

contingent  expenses, 267  / 

Treasury  Department,. 267  X 

Secretary's  office, 267  > 

contingent  expenses,  ..< 2(57  ^ 

interest  on  public  debt, 267  't 

engraving     and    printing     notes,  X 

bonds,  Ac, 267  ', 

payment   of    loan  of  August   19,  ( 

18*61, 267 

rent  of  executive  buildings, 267  < 

officers  of  the  treasury  department  i 

west  of  the  Mississippi  river,....  267  > 
expenses  incident  to  funding  notes,  267  i 
contingent  expenses   of    treasury  ? 

service  west  of  the  Mississippi  t 

river, i.i  267  '/ 

detection  of  persons  passing  forged  \ 

treasury  notes, 267  > 

agent  of  Erlanger  loan,  in  Paris,..  267  S 

War  Department, 267  \ 

Secretary's  office, 267  \ 

contingent  expenses 267  X 

Indian  bureau, 267  ( 

contingent  expenses  of  Adjutant  X 

and  Inspector  General's  depart-  ( 

ment, 267 

contingent  expenses  of  the  army,..  267  I 

pay  of  the  army, 267  \ 

disbursements  for  the   public  ser-  ? 

vice  of  the  quartermaster's  de-  ) 

partment, 267  j 

subsistence  stores  and  commissary  > 

property, 267  \ 

appropriation  for  quartermaster's 

and  commissary  department  may 

be   transferred   from  one  to  the 

other, 267 

ordnance  service  in  all  its  branches,  267 

nitre  and  mining  service, 268 

engineer  service, 268 

physicians, 268 

nurses  and  cooks, 268 

laundresses, 268 

medical  and  hospital  supplies.......  268 

military  hospitals 268 

hospital  stewards, 268 


matrons, 268 

ward  masters, 268 

Navy  Department, 268 

Secretary's  office, 268,  270 

contingent  expenses, 268 

pay  of  the  navy, 268,  270 

provisions  and  clothing, 268 

iron-clad  vessels, 268 

ordnance  afed  ordnance  stores, 268 

repairs  of  vessels, 268 

equipments,  Ac,  of  vessels, 268 

sub-marine  batteries, 268 

contingent  enumerated, 268 

medical  supplies  and  surgeon's  ne- 
cessaries,   268 

marine  corps, 268 

State  Department,  : 268 

Secretary's  office, 268 

foreign  intercourse, ., 268 

Justice  Department, 268 

Attorney  General's  office, 268 

contingent  expenses. 268 

superintendent  of  public  printing, 

clerks  and  messenger, 268 

Arizona  Territory, 268 

Post  Office  Department, 269 

office  of  Postmaster  General, 269 

contingent  fund. 269 

agent   and   clerks  of    department 

west  of  Mississippi  river,.... 269,  270 
contingent  and   miscellaneous  ex- 
penses in   the   trans-Mississippi 

department, .../. 269 

telegraph  lines 269 

house  rent  at  Marshall,  Texas 269 

transportation  of  mails 269 

postmasters  and  clerks 269 

ship,  steamboat  and  way  letters,...  269 

advertising 269 

mail  bags 269 

office  farniture 270 

blanks  and  printing 270 

•wrapping  paper 270 

mail  locks,  keys  and  stamps 270 

mail     depredations     and     special 

agents 270 

miscellaneous  payments 270 

postage  stamps 270 

transportation   of  clerks,   Ac,   to 

Marshall,  Texas 270 

house  rent  of  Post-Office  Depart- 
ment, at  Marshall,  Tex&s, 270 

miscellaneous  expenses  of  the  de- 
partment west  of  the  Mississippi 

river 270 

miscellaneous.. 269-270 

printing  and  binding  for  the  de- 
partments,   269 

printing,  Ac,  for  Congress  and  of 

laws  and  journals 269 

printing  and  binding  digest  of  the 

laws 269 

paper  for  the  digest 269 

publication  and   printing  of   acts 

and  resolutions  of  Congress 269 

paper    for    the    departments   and 

Congress.......... 269 

judges,    attorneys    and    marshals 
and  expenses  of' courts....... .269-270 

commissioners     under    sequestra- 
tion act,  clerk  hire,  Ac 269 

nitre  and  mining  service  in  trans- 
Mississippi  department 269 


INDEX. 


in 


Appropriations,  (continued.) 

for  interest  due  the  Choctaw  na- 
tion    270 

George  P.  Evans   &  company  for 

printing, 270 

Indians  affairs 270 

treaty  stipulations 269 

unexpended  balances  to  the  credit  of 
the  departments  to  be  exhausted  be- 
fore the  above  appropriations  shall 

be  drawn  from  the  treasury 270 

additional  appropriations  for  the  sup- 
port of  the  government  for  the  pe- 
riod ending  Dec.  31,  1864,  viz  : 

executive...... 276 

private  secretary  and  messenger  of 

the  President. 276 

legislative 276 

pay  and  mileage  of  the  Senate 276 

officers  and  clerks  of  the  Senate,...  276 

pav  and  mileage  of  the  House 276 

officers  and  employees  of  the  House  276 

State  Department 276 

clerks  and  messenger.. .£ 276 

Treasury  Department 276 

Secretary's  office 276 

War  department 276 

Secretary's  office 276 

Post-Office^Department 276 

chiefs  of  bureaus,  clerks,  topogra- 
pher, watchmen,  employees  and 

laborers 276-277 

A  rizona   Territory, 

appropriation  for  governor,  commissioner 
of  Indian  affairs,  secretary,  judges,  at- 
torney and  marshal 26S  ; 

for  incidental  and  contingent  expenses,  268 
Army.     See  Compensation — Officers. 

appointment  of  temporary  officers  of  the 
rank  of  brigadier  general,  major  general, 
lieutenant  general  or  general  for  the  pro. 

visional  army, „ 255 

commissaries  allowed  regiments  of  cavalry,  254 
appointment,  of  ensign  for  each  battalion  of 

infantry, 256 

of  chaplains  to*battalions  and  to  gene- 
ral hospitals, _  256 

■officers  of  the  army  traveling  under  orders 

allowed  transportation  and  expenses, 258 

when  officers  or  soldiers  of  the  cavalry  may 

be  dismounted  and  placed  in  the  infantry,  260 
horses  of  persons  dismountad  taken  for  tha 
nee  of  the  army  ^    appraised  value   paid 

the  owner, 260 

pay  of  non-commissioned  officers,  privates  < 

and  musicians,  increased, 262 

appropriation  for  incidental  and  contingent 

expenses, 267  ! 

for  pay  of  the  army, „ 2<S7  I 

organization   of  companies,    battalions   or  | 

regiments   composed   of    supernumerary  ', 

olneers  of  the  provisional  army, 278  ; 

supernumerary   officers   may  join  said  ; 

organization   or  other  company,  on 

tender  of  resignation, 278  ; 

offices  made  vacant  by  such  resigna-  ; 

tions  not  to  be  filled . 278 

«?hen  the  lowest  grade  of  commissioned  of- 
ficers of  a  company,  the  position  of  senior 
second  lieutenant  and  first  lieutenant,  may 

be  filled, ,.„  278 

certificate  required  of  facts, 278 

appointment  of  additional  quartermasters 
andcommissariesin  the  provisional  army; 
irank;  number,.,, „ «* ~.. ......  278 


Army,  (continued.) 

appointment  of  additional  quartermasters 
and  commissaries  for  the  collection,  con- 
trol and  distribution  of  railroad  and  field 

transportation  and  army  supplies, 278 

appointment  of  purchasing  agents  and 
transportation     agents;      compensation; 

bond, 278 

from  what  persons  the  appointments  to  be 

made, 278 

when  additional  quartermasters  and  com- 
missaries not  to  be  appointed, 279 

President  not  required  to  appoint  or  keep 
in  service  regimental  or  battalion  quar- 
termasters,   279 

assignments  of  quartermasters  and  cummia- 

missaries, 279 

when  quartermasters  and  commissaries  may 

be  dropped  from  the  rolls, 273 

when  commander  of  the  army  or  of  a'  de- 
partment may  empower  commander  of 
subordinate  division,  corps,  district,  Ac, 
to  pass  upon  and  refer  for  trial  all  charges 
and  specifications  to  come  before  military 

courts,  (fee, 279 

commutation  value  fixed  of  rations  of  sick 
and  wouMded  officers  and  soldiers  in  hos- 
pitals,   280 

hospital  fund  for  the  purchase  of  supplies 
for  the  sick  and  disabled  of  the  army  in 
hospitals ;  how  drawn  and  appropriated,  280 
general  staff  of  the  army  to  constitute  a 
corps.  Not  to  be  attached  to  any  partic- 
ular military  organization,  or  be  held  to 

duty  at  any  post, 281 

promotions  and  appointments  iu  Gorps,  281 
assignment  of  staff  officers  to  duties,...  281 
not  to  hold  commission  in  the  staff  and 

in  the  line,  at  the  same  time 281 

appointmeut  of  general  officer  charged, 
under  the  direction  of  any  general  com- 
manding an  army  in  the   field,  with    the 

administration  of  hie  ariny....™ 281 

staff  officers  allowed  a  general,..™ 281 

4i  a  lieutenant  general, 281 

a  major  general. 281 

&  brigadier  general, , 282 

rank,  pay  aEd  allowances  of  ftaff  officers,  281,  282 
number  of  staff  officers  allowed,  may  be  re- 
duced or  increased,... 282 

appointments  to  be  made  from  those  in  ser- 
vice,  .. 282 

sick  and  wounded  officers  of  the  army,  on 

leave,  allowed  transportation, , 285 

also  hospital   accommodations,  free  of 

eharge...... 2S5 

Artillery, 

appointment  of  additional  officers  for  ord- 
nance duties, .».  266 

A esessni ents, 

see  7'axe«,  and, - 275 

Assistants, 

compensation  increased  of  Assistant  Attor- 
ney General 275 

of  Assistant  Secretary  of  War, 275 

of  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  275 
Associations, 

property  of,  assessed   and   taxed   in  same 

manner  as  property  of  individuals, 273 

Asylums, 

property  of,  assessed   and   taxed   in   same 

manner  as  property  of  individuals, 273 

Attorney  General, 

may  employ  additional  clerical  force  to  aid 
the  law  clerk 2W 


iv 


INDEX. 


Attorney  General,  (continued.) 

authorized  10  contract  for  the  printing,  &c, 

of  the  acts  resolutions  and  treaties 257 

t»hat  number  of  copies  of  laws  to  deliver  to 

members  of  Congress 257 

appropriations  for  his  office. , 268 

compensation  increased 275 

Attorney  8, 

appropriations  for . 269,  270 

•  Auditors, 

franking  privilege  extended  to  the  auditor         ) 
■    of  the  trans-Mississippi  department.. .....  254/ 


B. 


Battalions,  -  ] 

appointment  of  chaplains  to.. ....... .„..  256  J 

Binding,  ( 

appropriation  for................. 269  < 

Bonds,      '  I 

of  additional  military  storekeepers  of  ord-         I 

.    nance..... 258  t 

of  purchasing   agettts    and   transportation'         > 

agents ~ 278  ) 

Bounty,  / 

allowed  to  warrant  officers,  pilots,  seamen,         !> 

ic,  of  th,e  navy,  and  to  non-comEais.-ion-  > 

ed  officers,  privates  and  musicians  of  the         / 

•marine  corps ...............................  259;! 


c. 


Ca  valry,  jj 

commissaries  allowed  regiments  of... .».  2'54  ( 

.rank,  pay  and  allowances 254<; 

when  odjjers  or  soldiers  of  the  cavalry  may  I 

be  dismounted  and  placed  in  the' infants         ? 

ry: W.  2&0/ 

horses  of  persons  dismounted  taken  fur  the  / 

use  of  the  army;  appraised   value  paid         I 

the  owner... 260  > 

Chaplains,  s 

appointment  of,  to  battalions  and  to  gene-  ( 

Val  hospitals 256  J 

•     pay  and  allowances......... 25S-J 

Charitable  Institutions,  I 

incomes,  &c,  of,  exempt  from  taxation......  274  j 

C"ki.»ii.Hts,  -  ( 

appointment  of  chessists  and  professional  as-  / 

a  is  tan  ts  for  nitre  and  uaiaing  bureau  ;  their  ? 

pay.. . 283 

vkoctaica, 

afjpropriation  to  pay  interest  to, ......... 270  > 

Chwf.hes,'  \ 

•'   incomes,  &c,  of,  exempt  from  taxation......  274  \ 

Cl&iiiix,  J 

appointment  of  agents  to  receive  and  take  \ 
proof  cf   elaiias    lor   forage,    provisions,  \ 

&c,  furnished  to  the  army  by  the  ownsr,  \ 

or  taken  or  inf'orsna  ly  impre.-sed......271,  272', 

report  to  the  accounting  officers  of  the  ^ 
treasury 272  )f 

auditing  and  payment  of  claims.... 272? 

claims  originating  west  of  the  Mississippi  > 

river 272? 

oaths  to  witnesses  and  claimants. 272  j 

pay  and  milage  of  agents 272^ 

W      when  claims  bi.sied. ............ M»... 27& 


Clerk*, 

benefit  of  act  of  January  30,  1864,  increas- 
ing  the   compensation   of    certain    civil 
officers  and   emplyees,   extended  to   the 
clerks  employed  in  Columbia,  South  Car- 
»    olina..... 253 

appointment  of  disbursing  clerk  in  the  War 
Department;  salary;  duties  and  bond 25ft 

additional  clerical  force  may  be  employed 
to  aid  the  law  elerk 257 

compensation  of  clerks  in  the  departments, 
increased ... 275- 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  authorized  to  fix 
the  salaries  of  clerks  employed  by  any 
assistant  treasurer  or  depositary...™......  276 

so  m»ch  of  aet  of  October  9,  5862,  as  au- 
thorizes military  courts  to  appoint  their 
clerks  and  marshals,  repealed,.... „..  28G> 

Secretary  of  War  may  detail  persons  to  fill 

said, offices..... „ 28©1 

Colleges, 

incomes,  &c,  of,  exempt  from  taxation......  274 

CommissdHes, 

allowed  regiments  of  cavalry 25i 

rank,  pay  and  allowances ..... 254 

appointment  of  additional  commissaries  ia 
the  provisional  army;  rank;  number.. ....  27& 

appointment  of  additional  quartermasters 
and  coiQ&miasaries  for  the  collection  and 
distribution  of  railroad  and  field  trans- 
portion  and  army  supplies..... 275 

when  assistant  commissaries  not  to  be  ap- 
pointed   278" 

assignments  of  commissaries 279" 

when  commissaries  may  be  dropped   from 

the  rolls 279- 

Commissaiy's  Dev-artmervt, 

appropriations  for...... 26-7 

Commissary  General, 

authorized  to  make  contracts  for  the  manu- 
facture and  distillation  of  alcoholic  and 

spirituous  liquors.™ 27$ 

Com  miss ione.  rs, 

compensation  of,  appointed  uader  aet  sus- 
pending privilege  of  writ  of  habeas  eor- 
$his......  ......... 265? 

compensation  of  their  assistants.... 26-2 

to  have  the  powers  conferred  on  commis- 
sioners appointed  by  the  district  courts...  262" 

appropriation  for.   conaraissioaers  appointed 

under  sequestration  aet 269> 

Commi  tees, 

copies  of  acts  of  Congress  to  be  furnisbed 
the  several   standing  commitiees  of  the 

two  Houses  &f  Congress.. ......... 284 

CjMmodorss,  * 

may  be  appointed  in  the  provisional  navy..  277" 
Commutation, 

commutation  valae  fixed  o-f  rations  of  sick 
and  wounded  officers  and  soldiers  ia  h.os- 
pitas P. 280 

€b  mpen  sa  tio  n , 

act  of  January  39,  1884,  increasing  the' 
compensation  of  certain  civil  officers  and 
employees  for  a  limited  period,  continued 

in  for.e  till  Januar     1,  1866. 252? 

benefit  of  the  act  extended  to  clerks 
'employed  ia  Columbia,  Sow  h  Caro- 

of  disbursing  clerk  in  the  War  Jejwirtnient,  25& 

of  members  of  Congress...... 266i 

of  officers  of  Congress... 266> 

of  officers  of  the  army  and  navy  traveling 
nudcir  «rdera,«. ;.«... vsaf-.". ........ „..u....  258- 


INDEX.  v 

Co-mpensation,  (continued.)  Cookg  and  Nurses, 

of  additional  military  storekeepers  of  ord-  <  appropriation  for, ;..... 268 

nance, 258  i  Corn, 

of  persons  on  detailed  service, 261,  262  i  where  the'corn  reserved  from  the  tax  in  kind 

to  be  the  same  for  both  the  war  and  navy          /  is  insufficient  for  the   producer,   be  may 

departments, 262  t  pay  the  money  value"  for  the  tithe  to  the 

t  of  persons  detailed- to  government  cvntrac-  \  extent  required, 264 

tors, 262  )  Corporation*, 

of  commissioners  appointed  under  the  act          ^  property   of,  assessed  and   taxed  in   same 

suspending   the  privilege  of  the   writ  of        ■  li  manner  as  property  of  individuals,.. 273 

habeas  corpus, , 262  '/  Courts.     See  District  Courts,  Military  Court*. 

of  their  assistants, 262  \  appropriation  for  incidental  and  contingent 

of  non  commis-ioned  officers,  privates  and  '/  expenses, 269 

musicians,  increased 262  j  Crops, 

of  the  treasurer, 265  <(  when  crops  subject  to  tax  in  kind  are  des- 

of  general  officers, 265-266^  troyed,  the  part  not  destroyed  to   be  re- 
ef agents   appointed   to   receive   and  take          I             garded  as  all  that  was  made 264 

proof  of  claims    for    forage,   provisions,           I  p03j,  quartermaster  to  have  credit  on  his  re- 
Ac,  furnished  to  the  army  or  taken  or  in-          /              turn  for  the  property  thus  lost, 264 

formally  impressed 272^.         where  the   corn   reserved    from  the    tax  in 

compensation  increased  of  the  heads  of  the          i  kind  is  insufficient  for  the   producer,  he 

several  executive  departments  and  their          /  maT  pay  the  money  value  for  the  tithe  to 

assistants,  comptroller  of   the  treasury,  '/  the  extent  required, ,.  264 

and  of  clerks  and   employees  in  the  de-          >  products  of  gardens  and  fruit  for  domestic 

partments 275  )  ase  not  liable  to  tax, 264 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  authorized  to  fix  '/ 

the   salaries  of  clerks  employed   by  any           J  * 

assistant  trea-urer  or  depositary, 276  \  i-f, 

of  persons  detailed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  ^ 

to  fill  the  offices  of  marshal  and  clerk  of 


military  courts 281 


Departments.     See  the  seve-ral  heads. 


pay  and  allowances  of  BtoffofficeW^f'^n"  "     \  Prin/ing  for.'  t0  •?  ««"»te4  u"der  direction 

r  grfltl  e         281  i  of    superrr.tenaent   of    public     printing. 

of' a *lieu;enani'geneVai^Z;"Z"Z/.'   2S1  \  Compensation.      Apportionment   of    the  ^ 

of  a  bSifrgeu'ral,'.'.'.'.'. Z7. .".'.'.'.*.'.'.'.'."  282  \  «<>»»P<  Nation  of  heads  of,  increased,.     .....  257 

auditing  ot    accounts  of  members  of   first  »f  clerks  and  employees  m,  increased,....  2,5 

Congress  for  pay  and  mileage,.... 284  ',  Detailed  bervi ce,  ... 

Comptroller  '  Pav    and   allowances  of  non  commissioned 

'  compensation  increased, 275  i  °fficefs>  soldiers,  sailors  and  marines  on 

Cong  ess,  >  detailed  service, ••261- 

Senators  and  Representatives  and  officers  of  add  tl0,nal  compensation,... ^b. 

each   House  to   be  furnished  with   pass-  to.be  the  same   for   both   the   war  and 

ports, 254  navv  departments  ..?.. 262 

compensation  and  mileage  of  members,: 256  compensation  of  persons  detailed  to  govern- 

compensation  of  officers, 256  \  .  ment  contractors, *>i 

numbers  of  copies  of  laws  to   which  mem-  /  Details, 

bers  entitled;. 257  /  of  pe«ons  to  fill  the   offices  of  clerk   and 

when  military  commanders  to  furnish  trans-  i  marshal  of  military   courts  ;    compensa-  ^ 

portation  in   kind  to  members   and  dele-  ?  tion, , »••• 

gates  going  to  and   returning   from  Con-  $  Digest. of  the  Laws,  _     _  .     ■ 

_regg  261  $  appropriation  for  printing  and  binding, ^os? 

appropriation  for  pay  and  mileage  of  mem-  i  Disbursing  Clerk,  ■      s  „ 

bers  and  officers,. " 266,  276  appointment  of,  in  the  War  Department,...  25& 

for  printing,  binding  and-ruling,.... 269  s  salary, ••• 

auditing   of  accounts   of  members  of    first  <!  duties, 

Congress  for  pay  and  mileage 284  ]  feoDd • ^0* 

copies  of  acts  of  Congress  to  be  furnished  jj  Distilleries, 

the    several   standing   committees  of  the  5  for  alcoholic  arid  spirituous  liquors, 271 

two  Houses, . 284  t  j)iatricl  Courts, 

Contractors,^  '/  judges  of,  empowered  to  appoint  and  change  ( 

compensation  of  persons    detailed  to   gov-  ',  the  time  and  places  of  holding  the  courts 

ernment  contractors, 262^  and   provide   for  the  removal  of  the   ro- 

Contracts,  \       #     cords  and  files, 253 

for  the  manufacture  of  alcohplic  and  spirit-  't  Duties, 

U"us  liquors 271  i>  machinery,   materials,    Ac,   necessary   for 

contract  to  operate  as  a  license  to  contractor,  271  /  railroads,  admitted  free  of  duty,- 254-255 

Contributions,  ( 

money  contributed   by  the   ladies  of  South  t  JJ 

Carolina  to  build  an  iron-clad  gun-boat,  / 

appropriated  to  'he  construction  of  iron-  / 

elad  vessels,  in  Charleston, 253  /  Elections, 

Cooke,  Commander  James  W.,  •  '  j>  Tn  Tennessee: 

thanks  of  Congress  to,  and  to  his  command,  283  for  representative*  in  Congreas,.... 257 


VI 


INDEX. 


Elections,  (continued.) 

person  receiving  the  highest  number  of 
votes  of  the  whole  vote  to  be  com  mis- 
sioned,   257 

where  polls  to  be  opened, 257 

how  election  conducted, 258 

who  entitled  to  vote,  and  at  what  places,...  258 
Employees, 

in  the  departments;  compensation  increased,  275 
Engineer  Service, 

appropriation  for,.'. - 268 

Ensiyns,  , 

appointment  of,  to  each"  battalion  of  infan- 
try,   256 

Erlanger  Loan, 

appropriation  for  salary,  olerk  hire  and  ex- 
penses of  agent  of,  in  Paris, 267 

Evans,  George  P.,  and  Company, 

appropriation  for,  for  printing, 270 

Exempts, 

members  of  certain  denominations  of  chris7 
tians   may   be   exempted   from   military 

service, 261 

terms  and  conditions  of  exemption, 261 


Finnegan,  Brigadier  General  Joseph, 

thanks  of  Congress  to, .and  to  his  command,  283 
'Forage, 

State  officers,  commissioned  to  communi- 
cate with  State  troops,  allowed  to  pur- 
chase,   255 

Foreigners, 

resident  foreigners  allowed  to  volunteer  in 

the  service  of  the  volunteer  navy, 277 

Foreign  Intercourse, 

appropriation  for, ; 268 

Forgery  and  Counterfeiting, 

appropriation  for  detection  of  persons  en- 
gaged in   preparing   and  passing  forged 

treasury  notes, 267 

Forrest,  Major  General  N.  B., 

thanks  of  Congress  to,  and  t«  his  command,  283 
Flanking  Privilege, 

extended  to  the  agent  of  the  Post  Office.  De- 
partment west  of  the  Mississippi  river, 
and  to  the  auditor  for  the  trans- Missis- 
sippi department, 254 

Fmit, 

raised  for  domestic  use,  not  taxable, 264 


G. 


Gardens, ' 

products  of,  intended  for  the  use  of  the  fam- 
ily of  the  owner,  not  taxable, 264 

General  Officers, 

pay  of  a  general, rr. 265 

of  a  lieutenant  general, 265 

of  a  mrijur  general, 265 

additional  pay  of  a  general,  lieutenant  gen- 
eral, major  general  and  brigadier  general,  • 
respectively,  whilst  serving  in  the  field,..  266 
General  Staff, 

See  Staff  Officers,  and, .....281-282 

Government, 

appropriations  for  the  support  of,  from  July 
1  to  December  31,  1864,  and  to  supply  a 

deficiency, 26H-270 

additional  appropriations  for  the  support  of, 
for  the  period  ending  December  31, 
1864, 276-277 


H. 


Habeas  Corpus, 

compensation  of  commissioners  UDder  the 
act  suspending  the  privilege  of  the  writ 

of, 262 

compensation  of  their  assistants, t562 

commissioners  to  have  the  power  conferred 
on  commitsioners.  appointed  by  the  dis- 
trict courts, 262 

Hogs, 

when  account  to  be  rendered  of  slaughtered 

•    hogs, 264 

Holce,  Major  General  Robert  F., 

thanks  of  Congress  to,  and  his  command,..  283 
Horses,       » 

of  persons  dismounted  taken  for  the  use  of 

the  army 2«0 

appraised  value  paid  the  owner 260 

Hospital  Fund, 

of  what  constituted 280 

how  drawn  and  appropriated : 280 

Hospitals, 

appointment  of  chaplains  to  general  hospi- 
tals   256 

incomes,  &c,  of,  exempt  from  taxation 274 

commutation  value  fixed  ot  rations  of  sick 
and  wounded  officers  and  soidiers  in  hos- 
pitals   280 

100  per  per  cent,  on  the  government  cost  of 
each  ration  commuted  to  constitute  a 
hospital  fund ;  how  drawn  and  appropri- 
ated   280 

sick  and  wounded  officers  in  the  naval  and 
military  service  allowed  hospital  accom- 
modations free  of  charge 286 

House  of  Representatives, 

passports  to  be  furnished  members 254 

pay  and  mileage  of  members  increased 256 

pay  of  officers  increased 256 

appropriations  for  pay  and  mileage  of  mem- 
bers and  officers 276 


Imports, 

so  much  of  the  act  of  February  6,  1864,  as 
forbids  the  importation  of  prepared  vege- 
tables, fruits,  meats,  &c,  repealed 280 

Incomes, 

of  hospitals,  asylums,  churches,  Ac,  ex- 
empt from  tax 274 

ad  valorem  tax  to  be  deducted  from  the  in- 
come tax  on  same  property 275 

deduction  allowed  in  the  assessment  of  in- 
come derived  from  manufacturing  or 
mining a ». 275 

further  deductions  allowed  in  the  assess- 
ment of  income  derived  from  any  source.  275 
Indian  Affairs, 

appropriation  for  bureau  of. 269 

Indian  Bureau, 

appropriation  for 267 

Indian  Nations, 

new  notes  authorized  to  be  issued  to,  in  ex- 
change for  any  of  the  treasury  notes  held 
by  them  or  individuals  thereof,  on  Julyl, 
1864 255 

redemption  of  the  notes  held  to  be  under 
tbe  direction  of  the  Commissioners  of  In- 
dian Affairs 255 


INDEX.  vii 

nfantry,  Manifesto,  (continued) 

appointment  of  ensign  for  each  battalion  of         <  cdpies  to  be  transmitted  to  commissioners 

infantry 256$    .  abroad  to  be  laid  before  foreign  govern- 

Invahd  Corps,  I    '         ments 2S6 

ordinary  seamen,  landsmen  and  boys  of  the  {Manufactories, 

navy,  and  non-commissioned  officers,  mu-  \  for  alcoholic  and  spmtuous  liquors 27ifl^ 

sicians  and  privates  of  the  marine  corps,  <t  Marine  Corps, 

may  be  retired  or  discharged  from   ser-  i  bour.ty  allowed  to  non-commissioned  offi- 

Yice .' 260  (  cers,  musicians  and  privates 259 

assignments  to  duty  to  be  made  by  the  \  non-commissioned   officers,  musicians   and 

Secretary  of  the  Navy 260;  privates   may  be   retired   or   discharged 

/  from  the  service 260 

T  (  appropriations  for 268 

'  Marshals, 

,..„,_,.  \  i  appropriations  for 269,270 

Joint  Stock  Companies,                             _                                    so  much  of  act  of  October  9,1862,  as  au- 
property   of,    assessed  and   taxed    n   same          ,                      %eg  m{           comts  tQ>                their 
manner  as  property  of  individuals 273  j  ^^  &u&  ^^  r,ve^e^ 280 

Judges,  „^;„+  5  Secretary  of  War  to  detail  persons   to  fill 

of  the  district  courts  empowered  to  appoint  i  . ,  0jg  2S0 

and  change  the  times  and  places  of  hold-  'f  M      Undl,rH 

ing  the  courts  and   provide   for   the   re-  >         inowed'  to  volunteer  in  the  service  of  the 

moval  of  the  records  and  files 2o8  volunteer  navy £77 

appropriation  for 269-270  ?  Matron* 

Justice  Department  i  appropria{ion  for 268 

appropriation  for 268  ,  j^  ^ Hospital  Supplies, 

i  appropriation  for 268 

Xi.  (  Messengers, 

|  appropriation  for 267-269 

Laborers,  (  Mileage, 

employment  of,  for  manufactories  and  distil-  t  of  members  of  Congress 256 

lcries  of  alcoholic  liquors 271  ^  of  agents  appointed   to   receive   and   take 

Laundresses  ^  proof  of  claims  for  forage,  provisions,  Ac.  272 

appropriation  for 26S  '/  auditing  of  accounts   of  members  of  Frst    « 

Law  Clerk,  ]  Congress  for  pay  and  mileage 284 

additional  clerical  force  may  be  employed  't  Military  Commanders, 

to  aid  thei...  257  J  when  to  furnish  transportation  in  kind  to 

Laws  of  the  Confe7erate'states"''  J  members  and  delegates  going  to  or  return- 

Attorney  General  authorized  to  contract  for  {  ing  from  Congress -61 

the  printing,  publishing  and  binding  of  voucher  for  the  expenditure  of  the  officer  in      . 

the  acts,  resolutions  and  treaties 257  \       .  .     furnishing  the  same 261 

number   of   copies   of    the   laws   to    which  >.  Military  Courts, 

members  of  Congress  entitled 257  '.  ^nen  commander  of  the  array  or  depart- 

copies  of  acts  of  Congress  to  be  furnished  \  ment  may  empower  commander  of  subor- 

the    standing    committees    of    the    two  /  dinate  division,  corps,  Ac,  to  take  all  ac- 

Houses.    .  ..  2S4  {  ti°n  m  relation  to  charges  and  specifica-    ' 

provision' 'of  'tn'e'aei  of  Jttt^'ifclM*,  tions  to  come  before  military  courts 279 

increasing   the   compensation    of  certain  I  where  person   is    acquitted,  finding   of  the 

civil  officers  and  employees  for  a  limited  ',  court  to  be  announced  immediately  and     ^ 

period,  continued  in  force  till  January  1,  ;  tne  person  released ...... -<9 

1865  253  /  no  n°tice  required  of  the  time  and  place  of 

act  efgatinVthe  'd^' tf"iril^"fe'''tta  {  holding  military  court  in  north  Alabama,  280 

army  to   apply   only  to    the  provisional  so  .much  of  the  act  of  Oct.  9,  1862,  as  em- 

army mm        #  256;  powers   military  courts  to   appoint   their 

acts  aUowVng'commissVoned'officers'  of'the  <  clerks  and  marshals,  repealed, 280 

army  and  navy  rations.  Ac,  not  be  con-  \  Secretary  of  War  may  detail  persons  to  fill 

strued  as  all'wing  commutation  for  ra-  '/       .  .     sa-id  offices, ^80 

tions  or  the  purchase  of  rations  except  \  Military  Hospitals, 

for   their  own  use 260  appropriation  for, 268 

BO  much    of  act   of  February    8,    1864,   as  '  Military  Service,  _ 

forbids  the  importation  of  prepared  vege-  >  members  of  certain  denominations  of  chns- 

tables,  fruits,  meats,  Ac,  repealed 280  V  tians  may  be  exempted  from;  terms  and 

eo  much  of  act  of  October  9, 1S62,  as  empow-  \  conditions 261 

ers  military  courts  to  appoint  their  clerks  /  exemption  may  be  revoked  for  fraud, 

and  marshals,  repealed 280  ',  misrepresentation  or  error, 261 

<  Military  Storekeepers, 
\r  i  appointment  of  additional  military  store- 

"■*■•  keepers  of  ordnance, 258 

'  pay  and  allowances, 258 

Mail  Routes.     See  Post  Routes.  lt  bond, 258 

Manifesto,  /  Missouri  Officers  and  Soldiers, 

declaring  the  dispositions,  principles    and  ]  thanks  of  Congress  to,  in  the  service  east  of 

purposes  of  the  Confederate  States  in  re-  /  the  Mississippi  river, 284 

lation  to  the  existing  war  with  the  United  '  Musicians, 

States, 286-288  5         pay  increased, 2f2 


Till 


INDEX. 


N. 


Navy.     See  Volunteer  Nawfc     Provisional  Navy.        \ 
9'        officers  of,  traveling  under   orders,  allowed  j 

transportation  and  expenses, 258  / 

boutaty  allowed   to  warrant   officers,  pilots,  ( 

seamen,  ordinary  seamen,  landsmen  and  ) 

ooys, 259  'i 

ordinary  seamen,  landsmen  and  boys  of  the  ) 

navy  may  be  retired  or  discharged  from  ? 

the  service, 260; 

assignments  to  duty  to  be  made  by  the  > 

Secretary  of  the  Navy, 260 

supplies  of  small   stores   may   be  issued  to 

enlisted  men  of  the  navy ;  on  what  terms,  261 
sick  and  wounded  officers  in  the  naval  ser- 
vice  allowed   hospital   accommodations, 

free  of  charge, 286 

Navy  Department,  \ 

appropriation  for, 268,  270  \ 

Navy   Secretary  of  the,  / 

appropriations  for  his  office, 268,  279  l 

compensation  increased, 275  ? 

Nitre  and  Mining  Bureau,  ; 

of  what  officers  to  consist, 263  { 

their  pay  and  allowances, 263  I 

appointment  of  chemists   and   professional  > 

assistants;  their  pay, 263  5 

appropriation  for, 268  J 

Nitre  and  Mining  Service,  ( 

appropriation  for, 269  ff 

North  Carolina  Troops,  > 

thanks  of  Congress  to  34th  and  38th  regi-  5 

ments  of, 283  I 

NurSes  and  Conks,  '? 

appropriations  for, 268  \ 


Officers,  (continued.) 

as  to  organization  of  comrames,  Ac.,  of  su- 
pernumerary officers.  See  Supernumerary 
Officers,  and, 278 

when  the  lowest  grade  of  commissioned 
officers  of  a  company,  the  position  of 
senior  second  lieutenant  and  of  first 
lieutenant,  may  be  filled, 278 

sick  and  wounded  officers  of  the  army  al- 
lowed transportation, 285 

sick -and  wounded  officers  in  the  naval  and 
military  service  allowed  hospital  accom- 
modations and  rations,  free  of  charge,..,,  286 
Ordnance  Department, 

appropriation  for, 267 

Ordnance  Duties, 

a;  poiniment  of  additional  officers  of  artil- 
lery for  ordnance  duties ;  rank, ...  2C8 

Ordnance  Stores, 

appropriation  for, 268 


P. 


0. 


Officers.     See  Clerks.     Compensation.  ? 

act  of  Jan.  30,  1864,  increasing  compensa-  } 

tion    of    certain    civil    officers     and   em-  j 

ployees  for  a  limited  period,  continued  in  5 

force  till  Jan.  1,  1865, 253 

passports  to  be  furnished   officers  of    each  < 

House  of  Congress, 254  ■  < 

appointment   of    temporary   officers  of  the  / 

rank  of  brigadier  general,  major  general,  t 

lieutenant  general  or  general.     How  long  \ 

to  hold  their  rank  and  command, 255  ) 

of  the  army  and  navy  traveling  under  or-  1 

ders  allowed  transportation  and  expenses,  258  / 

when  officers  or  soldiers  of  the  cavalry  may  ) 

be  dismounted  and  placed  in  the  infantry,  260  ' 

when  military  officers  to  furnish  transpoita-  S 

tion  in  kind   to  members    and   delegates  5 

going  to  and  returning  from  Congress,...  261  ) 

of  the  nitre  and  mining  bureau, 263  I 

pay  of  general  officers, 265-266  ] 

appointment  of 'additional  officers  of  artil- 
lery for  ordnance  duties;  their  rank, 266 

disabled  army  officers  may  be  appointed 
agents  to  lake  and  receive  proof  of  claims 
for  Jo  rage,  provisions,  Ac,  furnished  to 
the  army  or  impressed, 272 

appointment  of  commissioned  officers  of  the 

provisional  navy, ". 277 

of  udditiona'.  quartermasters  and  com-  i 

misstiries, 278  I 

/              of  purchasing  agents  or  transportation  j 

agents, 278  J 


Paper,  • 

appropriation  for, . 269 

ports, 

to  be  furnished  to  Senators  and  Representa- 
tives in  Congress  and  officers  of  each 
House, 254 

to  issue  to  such  persons  as  volunteer  in  the 

volunteer  navy, /. 277 

Physicians, 

appropriation  for, 268 

ages, 

franking  privilege  extended, 254 

Postal  Service, 

appropriation  for,  for  the  years  1862  and 
1863, 283 

further  appropriations  for, 26a 

Postmaster  General, 

compensation  increased, 273 

appropriation  for  his  office, 276-277 

Post- Office  Department, 

appropriation  for, 269,  276,  276 

Post  Quartermasters.     See  Quartermasters. 
Post  Routes, 

new  post  routes  established, 295 

route  Wo  2,173  amended, 259 

President  of  the  Confederate  States, 

authorized  to  appoint  temporary  officers  of 
the  rank  of  brigadier  general,  major  gen- 
eral, lieutenant  general  or  general, 255 

authorized  to  appoint  chaplains  to  battalions 
and  to  general  hospitals 256 

may  appoint  additional  military  storekeepers 
of  ordnance, 285 

appropriation  for, 266 

to  issue  pas -ports  to  such  persons  as  volun- 
teer in  the  volun'eer  navy, 277 

to  appoint  commissioned  officers  of  the  pro- 
visional navy, 277 

may  grant  authority  for  the  organization  of 
companies,  battalions  or  regi iients  to  be 
composed  of  supernumerary  officers  of  the 
provisional  army, *. 278 

may  appoint  additional  quartermasters  and 
commissaries  for  the  provisional  army,...  278 

not  required  to  appoint  or  keep  in  service 
quartet  masters  for  regiments  and  battal- 
ions   279 

may  appoint  quartermaster  for  each  State 
and  congressional  district  to  execute 
duties  in  reference  to  tax  in  kind, 279 


INDEX. 


IX 


President  of  the  Confederate  States,  (continued.) 
to  appoint  officers  of  the  general  staff  of  the 

army,. ...'. ~. 28 1-282 

to  assign  staff  officers  to  duties, 281 

may  iippoiut  or  assign  for  duty  a  general 
officer  charged,  under  the  direction  of  a 
commanding  general,  with  the  adminis- 
tration of  his  army, 281 

to  cause  copies  of  manifesto  of  Congress, 
touching  the  existing  wmt  with  the  United 
States,  to  be  transmitted  to  our  commis- 
sioners abroad, 286 

Printing, 

Attorney  General  authorized  to  contract  for 
the  printing,  Ac,  of  the  acts,  resolutions 

and  treaties, 257 

for  the  several  executive  departments  tp  be 
executed  under  the  direction  of  superin- 
tendent of  public  printing, 257 

compensation  allowed, 257 

apportionment  of  the  work  among  con- 
tractors and  printing  establishments,  257 
appropriation  for  printing  for  departments,  269 

for  priming  for  Congress, 269 

for  printing  digest  of  the  laws, 269 

for  printing,  to  George  P.  Evans  and  com- 
pany   270 

Private  Secretaries, 

appropriation   for  private  secretary  of  the 

President 266,  276 

of  the  Vice-President, 267 

'  Privates, 

pay  increased, 262 

Props, 

additional  tax  levied  on  profits  of  liquors, 
flour,  wheat,  corn,  Ac,   ana   on    money, 

gold,  silver,  Ac, 274 

Promotions, 

in  the  oorps  composed  of  the  general  staff; 

how  made, 281 

Property, 

as  to  claims  for  forage,  provisions.  Ac,  fur- 
nished to  the  army  or  taken  or  ii  formally 

impressed,  see  Claims,  and, 271-272 

Provisional  Navy, 

President  to  appoint  commissioned  officers; 

ranks  and  grades, 277 

Public  Be't, 

appropriation  to  pay  interest  on 267 

to  pay  interest  on  loan  of  Aug.  i9,  1861,.  267 
Public  Printing,  Superintendent  of, 

printing  for  the  executive  departments  to  be 

executed  under  his  direction, 257 

may  apportion  the  work  among  contractors 

and  printing  establishments,, 257 

appropriation  for  his  office, 268 

Purchasing  Agents, 

employment  of,.... 278 

compensation, . ;...  278 

bond, 278 

Q. 

Quartermaster  s  Department, 

appropriation  for, 267 

"Quartermaxters, 

when  post  quartermasters  to  direct  delivery 

to  be  made  of  tithes  in  kind, 264 

to  have  credit  on  their  returns  for  prop- 
erty destroyed  by  the  enemy  or  acci- 
dental cause, „  264 

n;ay  be  assigned  to  the  duties  of  agents  to 
take  proof  of  claims  for  provisions,  Ac, 
furnished  to  the  army  or  impressed, 271 


Quartermasters,  (continued.) 

appointment  of  additional  quartermasters  in 
the  provisional  army, 278 

appointment  of  additional  quartermasters 
and  commissaries  for  the  collection  and 
distribution  of  railroad  and  field  trans- 
portation and  army  supplies 278 

when  additional  assistant  quartermasters 
not  to  be  appointed, 279 

President  not  required  to  appoint  or  keep  in 
service  re%imental  or  battalion  quarter- 
masters,   279 

/  assignments  of  quartermasters 279 

>  when  quartermasters-may  be  dropped  from 

the  roll 279 

)  appointment  of  quartermaster  for  each  State 
5  and  congressional  district  to  execute  du- 
]  ties  in  reference  to  the  tax  in  kind, 279 

It. 

Railroads, 

machinery,   materials,    Ac,    necessary   for 

railroads,  admitted  free  of  duty 254-255. 

Rank, 

of  officers  in  the  provisional  navy 277 

of  staff  officers 281-282 

Rations, 

allowed  officers  of  the  army  and  navy 260 

\  number  of  rations  officers  allowed  to  pur- 

\  chase 26d 

?  rations  to  officers  to  be  the  fame  as  issued 

to  privates 260 

>  act  not  to  be  conttrued  as  allowing  commu- 

>  tation  for  rations 260 

i  officer  not   allowed   rations  'except   for  his 

>  own  use 260 

£  commutation  value  fixed  of  rations  of  sick 

5  and  wounded  officers  and  soldiers  in  hos- 

J  pitals 280 

i  allowed  sick  and  wounded  officers  in  the 

<  naval  and  military  service,  in  hospitals, 

<j  free  of  charge 286 

I.  Rear  Admirals, 

<  m»y  be  appointed  in  the  provisional  navy...  277 
I  Records, 

/         judges  of  district  courts  may  provide  for 

>  the  removal  of  the   records   and   files  of 

S  the  court 258 

I  Resolutions, 

of  thanks  to  the  thirty- fourth  and  thirty - 

fiighth  regiments  of  North  Carolina 
roups 283 

of  thanks  to  the  Texas  brigade  in  the  aimy 
of  .Northern  Virginia -. 283 

of  thanks  to  Major  General  Hoke  and  Com- 
mander Cooke  and  the  officers  and  men 
under  their  command 28S 

of  thanks  to  General  Finnegan  and  the 
officers  and  men  of  his  command 283 

of  flanks  to  Missouri  officers  and  soldiers 
in  the  Confederate  service  east  of  the 
Mississippi  river 284 

of  thanks  to  Major  General  N.  B  Forrest 
and  the  officers  and  men  of  his  command  284 

authorizing  the  auditing  of  accounts  of 
members  for  pay  and  mileage 284 

requiring  the  Department  ot  Justice  to 
furnish  the  standing  committees  of  the 
two  Houses  with  printed  copies  of  the 
acts  of  Congress 284 

responsive  to  the  resolutions  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  Virginia,  asserting  the  juris- 
diction and  sovereignty  of  the  State  of 
Virginia  over  her  ancient  boundaries 265 


INDEX. 


Resolutions,  (continued.) 

©f  thanks  to  the  ninth   regiment  of  Texas 
infantry — 285 

of  thanks  to  Major   General   Richard  Tay- 
lor and  the  officers  and  men  of  his  com- 


mand  i 285  /State  Officers, 


/  Staff  Officers,  (continued.) 

)  appointments  to  be  made  from    those  in. 

]  Service 282 

*!  State  Department, 

approp  iationsfor 268,276 


to  allow  sick   and  wounded  officers  of  the 
army  transportation  to  their  homes  and 


hospital  accommodations 285  i  State,  Secretary  of. 


commissioned   to   communicate  with    State 
troops,  allowed  to  purchase  forage 255 


declaring  the  dispositions,  principles  and 
purposes  of  the  Confederate  States  in  re- 
relation  to  the  existing  war  with  the 
United  States 286 


S. 


Salaries.     See  Compensation.  ( 

Schools,  I 

incomes,  Ac,  of,  exempt  from  taxation 274  ( 

Seriate,  t 

passports  to  be  furnished  members  254  I 

compensation  and,  mileage  of  members  and  / 

officers 256  \ 

appropriations  for  pay  and  mileage  of  mem-  ) 

bers  and  officers.... 276  ] 

Sequestration,  I 

appropriation  for  commissioners 269  4 

fer  clerk  hire 269  i 

for  contingent  expenses 260  '/ 

Sick  and  Wounded,  \ 

commutation  value'fixed  of  rations  of  sick  < 

and  wounded  officers  and  soldiers  in  hos-  < 

pitals 280  I 


hospital  fund  for  the  purchase  of  supplies  \  Suppl 


to   furnish  certificate    or  passport  to   each 
i.  Senator  and  Representative  in  Congress..  254 

/  compensation  increased 275 

v  appropriations  for  his  office 276 

lz  States, 

i  holding  old  issues  of  treasury  notes   may 

<  exchange  one-half  for  new  issue  and  fund 

<■  the  other  half  in  certain  bonds 272 

<  States  that  have  funded  treasury  notes,  of 

<  the  old  issue,  allowed  to  exchange  the 
certificates  or  bonds  received,  for  the' new 
issue 277 

Storekeepers, 

See  Military  Storekeepers,  and, 258 

Sub-Marine  Batteries, 

appropriation  for 268 

Subsistence  Stores, 

appropriation  for, 266 

Supernumerary  Officers, 

organization    of   companies,   battalions   or 
regiments   composed   of    supernumerary 

officers  of  the  provisional  army, 278 

may  join  said  organizations  or  other  com- 
pany on  tender  of  resignation, 278 

offices  made  vacant  by  such  resignation  not 
to  be  filled, 278 


for : 280  '/, 

sick  and  wounded  officers  of  the  army  al-  t 

lowed  transportation  to  their  homes  and  i 

back  as  in  the  case   of  enlisted  men  on  \ 

'     furlough 285^ 

sick  and  wounded  officers  in  the  naval  and 
military  service  allowed  hospital  accom- 
modations free  of  charge 286 

Slaves, 

tax  remitted  on  slaves  lost  to  the  owner  by 


the  act  of  the  enemy 261  jl  Surgeons'  Nece 


of  small  stores   may   be  issued   to  enlisted 

'/  men  of  the  navy, 261 

'/  appropriation  for  medical  and  hospital  sup- 

\  plies, 268 

S  for  medical  supplies  and  surgeons' ne- 

i  eessarie.?, : 268 

$  Surgeon  General, 

$  authorized  to  make  contracts  for  the  manu- 
facture and  distillation  of  alcoholic  and 
spirituous  liquors, 271 


cessaries, 


Small  Stores,  <J  appropriation  for,., 

supplies  of,  may  be  issued  to  enlisted  men  '. 

of  the  navy,-  upon  what  terms 261  ( 

Soldiers,  1 

pay  increased M.  262  < 

appropriation  for  payment  of  increased  pay  565  I  Taxes, 
Spirituous  Liquors,  f 

Seo  Alcoholic  Liquors,  and 271  \ 

Staff  Officers, 

general    staff  of  the   army  to  constitute  a  ? 

corps 281  '/ 

not  to   be    attached   to   any  particular  / 

military  organiz  ition   or   be  held  to  '/ 

duty  at  any  post 281  / 

promotions  and  appointments 2S1  £ 

assignment  of  staff  officers  to  duties 2S1  $ 

nor,  to  huld  commission  in  the  staff  and  in'         $ 

the  line  at  the  same  time 281  £ 

appointment  of  general  officer  charged,  un-  |! 

der  th'j  direction  of  a  commanding  gene-_         ( 
ral,  with  the  administration  of  his  army..  281  j 

staff  officers  allowed  a  general 281  < 

a  lieutenant  general....  281  ( 

a  major  general ....281  ( 

a  brigadier  general '  282  / 

rank,  pay  and  allowances 281-2S2  / 

number  of  staff  officers  allowed  may  be  / 

reduced  or  increased. '.-.' .'...  282  { 


T. 


when  farmer  or  planter  not  subject  to  tax  in 
kind  on  wool 264 

when  delivery  to  be  ma>  e  of  tithes  in  kind,  264 

where  crops  subject  to  tax  in  kind  are  de- 
stroyed, the  part  not  destroyed  to  be  re- 
garded as  all  that  was  made, 264 

post  quartermaster  to  have  credit  on  his  re- 
port for  the  property  thus  lost, 264 

where  the  corn  reserved  from  the  tax  in  kind 
is  insufficient  for  the  producer,  he  may 
pay  the  money  value  for  the  tithe  to  the 
extent  required, 264 

products  of  gardens  and  fruit,  for  domestic 
use,  not  liable  to  tax, 264 

when  account  to  be  rendered  of  slaughtered- 
hogs, , •■■•  264 

additional  tax  assessed  and  levied  upon  all 
subjects  Of  taxation  for  the  year  1864,...  265 
payable  only  in  treasury  notes  of  the 

new  issue, •  265 

appropriated  to  payment  of  increased 
compensation  of  soldkrs...  .........;..  265 


INDEX. 


XI 


Taxes,  (continued.)  £ 

tax  remitted  on  slaves  lost  to  the  owner  by  ? 

the  act  of  th«  enemy 265  / 

additional  taxes  levied 273  > 

on  property  real,  personal  and  mixed,....  273  > 
on  gold  and  silver  wares,   plate,  jewels,  > 

jewelry  and  watches, 273  , 

on  what  basis  taxes  on  above  property  to  \ 

be  assessed, 273 

property  of  corporations,  associations  and 
joint  stock  companies,  assessed  and 
taxed  in   same  manner  as   property  of 

individuals...... 273 

on  gold  and  silver  coin,  gold  dust,  bul- 
lion, moneys  held  abroad,  Ac  , 274 

incomes  of  hospitals,  asylums,  churches, 

Ac,  exempt, 274 

person  failing  to  make  due  return  of  in- 
come or  profits  taxed   or   to   pay  tax 
thereon,  Ac,  deemed  to  be  in  default,..  274 
pertain  agricultural  products  of  the  year 

1863  not  subject  to  taxation, 274 

|uj>rofits  on  liquors,  flour,  wheat,  corn, 
^.,  and  on  money,  gold,  silver,  Ac.,...  274 
Rireasury  notes  of  five   dollars,  of  the 
Cold  issue,  outstanding  on  Jan.  1,  1865,  274 
ad  valorem  tax  to   be  deducted   from  the 

income  tax  on  same  property, 275 

deductions  allowed  in  the  assessment  of  in- 
come  derived   from     manufacturing     or 

mining, 275 

further  deductions  allowed  in  the  assessment 

of  incomes  derived  from  any  source, 275 

citizens  of  the  Confederate  States   may   be 
assessed  and   taxed  in  any  State  or  dis- 
trict in  which  they  temporarily  reside,...  275 
return  of  their  taxable   property  to  district 

assessor, 275 

penalty  for  failure  to  make  return, 275  I 

appointment  of  quartermaster  for  each  State  I 

and  congressional  district  to  execute  du-  / 

ties  in  reference  to  the  tax  in  kind, 279  ? 

Taylor,  Major  General  Richard,  / 

thanks  of  Congress  to,  and  his  command,..  285  £ 

President  to  communicate  the  resolution,...  285  i 

Telegraph  Lines,  > 

appropriation  for, '. 269  I 

Tennessee,  \ 

as  to  election  of  representatives  in  Congress,  ) 

see  Elections,  and, 257-258  ', 

Texas  Troops, 

thanks  of  Congress  to  Texas  brigade, 283  £ 

to  ninth  regimtnt  of  infantry, 285  > 

T fans-Mississippi  Department,  < 

franking  privilege  extended  to  the  auditor  ; 

for,  and  to   the    agent  of  the  Post-Office  f 

Department  west  of  the  Mississippi  river  254  / 

appropriations  for, 269,  270  / 

Transportation,  ' 
officers  of  the  army  and  navy  traveling  un- 
der orders  allowed  transportation  in  kind 
for  themselves  and  baggage,  and  expenses,  258 
•  when  military  commanders  to  furnish  trans- 
portation in  kind    to  members  and    dele- 
gates going  to  or  returning  from  Congress,  261 
skk  and  wounded    officers  of  the    army  al- 
lowed transportation, 2S5 

Transportation  Agents, 

may  be  employed, 278 

compensation;  bond 278 

Treasurer, 

salary, m 265 

Treasury.     See  Treasury  Notes,  Bonds,  etc., 
appropriation    for   contingent  expenses  of, 
west  of  the  Mississippi  river, 267 


Treasury  Department, 

appropriation  for, 267,  276 

for  agent  oi,  west  of  the  Mississippi  river,  267 
Treasury  Notes,  Bonds,  etc.,        , 

new  nutes  authorized  to  be  issued  to  certain 
Indian  nations,  in  exchange  for  any  of  - 
the  treasury  notes  held  by  them  or  indi- 
viduals thereof,  on  July  1,  1864 255 

redemption   of    the  notes   held,  to   be 
under  the  direction  of  commissioner 

of  Indian  affairs, 255 

the  additional  tax  levied  for  the  ye  r  1804, 
payable  only  in  treasury  notes  of  the  new 

issue, , 265 

appropriation   to    pay  for   engraving   and 

printing  notes,  Ac, 267 

for  advertising  and  other  expenses  in- 
cident to  funding  of  treasury  notes,  Ac.  267 
for   detection  of    persons    engaged   in 
preparing  and  passing   forged  trea- 
sury notes, 267 

owners  of  registered  8  per  cent,  ten  year 
convertible  bonds,  issued  under  act  May 
16,  1861,  authorised  to  exchange  the 
same  for  ten   year  8    per   cent,  coupon 

bonds 270-271 

Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  prepare 

and  issue  the  coupon  bond3 271 

States  holding  old  issue  of  treasury  notes 
may  exchange  one-half  for  new  issue  and 

fund  the  other  half  in  certain  bonds 272 

tax  on  the  treasury  notes  of  the  old  issue, 
of  the  denomination  of  five  dollars,  out- 
standing January  1,  1865 274-275 

States  that  have  funded  treasury  notes  of 
the  old  issue  allowed  to  exchange  the 
certificates  or  bonds  received,  for  the  new 

issue 277 

Treasury,  Secretary  of  the.   See  Treasury  Notes, 
Bonds,  etc. 

appropriations  for  his  office 267,  276 

compensation  increased 275 

authorized  to  fix  ihe  salaries  of  clerks  em- 
ployed by  assistant  treasurer  or  deposita- 
ry   276 


u. 


United  States, 

manifesto  of  Congress  declaring  the  dispo- 
sitions, principles  and  purposes  of  the 
Confederate  States  in  relation  to  the  ex- 
isting war  with  the  United  States 286-288 


V. 


Vacancies, 

offices  made  vacant  by  the  resignation  of 
supernumerary  officers,  not  to  be  filled...  278 

when  the  lowest  grade  of  commissioned  offi- 
cers of  a  company,  the  position  of  senior 
second  lieutenant  and  first  lieutenant,  may 

be  filled 278 

Vessels, 

certain  money  contributed  by  the  ladies  of 
South  Carolina  appropriated  to  the  con- 
struction of  iron-clad  vessels  at  Charles- 
ton   253 

appropiiation  for  the  construction  of  iron- 
clad vessels -. 26 

for  repairs  of  vessels 26g 


xn 


INDEX. 


Vessels,  (continued.)  J 

for  equipments  and  stores.... 268  i 

Vice  Admirals,  s 

may  be  appointed  in  the  provisional  navy...  277  ', 
Virginia, 

jurisdiction  and  sovereignty  of,  to  the  utter- 
most limits  of  her  ancient  boundaries,  to 

be  maintained 285 

Volunteer  Navy, 

persons  allowed  to  volunteer  in  the  service  ? 

of...... .  277 

volunteers  to  be  resident  foreigners  or  Mary-         J 

landers 277  \ 

Volunteers, 

See  Volunteer  Navy,  and....... 277 

w. 

War, 

Manifesto  of  Congress  declaring  the  dispo-         £ 
sitions,   principles   and   purposes   of  the  $ 

Confederate  States  in  relation  to  the  ex-  < 

isting  war  with  the  United  States... ...286-288  r 


War,  (continued.) 

copies  to  be  transmitted  to  our  commission- 
ers abroad  to  be  laid  before  foreign  gov- 
ernments   286 

War  Department, 

appropriations  for 267,276 

disbursing  clerk  to  be  appointed  in 251 

Ward  Masters, 

appropriation  for 268 

War,  Secretary  of, 

to  appoint  disbursing  clerk  in  the  War  De- 
partment   266 

to  appoint  chemists  and  professional  assist- 
ants for  the  nitre  and  mining  bureau 263 

appropriations  for  his  office 267,  27C 

compensation  increased.... 275 

hospital  fund  to  be  drawn  and  appropria- 
ted as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  direct...  288 
may  detail  persons  to  fill  the  offices  of  clerk 

and  marshal  of  military  courts 280 

Wool, 

when  farmer  or  planter  not  subject  to  tax 
in  kind  on........... ,..-,„4.  264 


PBIVATE  LAWS 


■ 

OK   THE 


CONFEDERATE  STATES  OF  AMERICA, 

PASSED    AT  THE    FIRST    SESSION 

OK   THE- 

SECOND  CONORESS; 

1864. 
tfiarffaUj)  rollateft  ti; it!)  t\)c  ©riginals  at  Rirfjmc  ;:>. 

EDITED    BV 

JAMES    M.    MATTHEWS, 

ATTORNEY   AT   LAW, 

ISO    UH    CIKRE    IN    THE    DEI'AKTMENT    OF    JTTSTICK. 


TO  BE  CONTINUED  ANNUALLY 


RICHMOND: 

K.  M.  SMITH,  .PRINTER  TO  CONGRESS. 

1814 


LIST 


OF   THE 


PRIVATE  ACTS  AND  RESOLUTIONS 

OP  CONGRESS. 


plcts  of  tlje  Saonb  (Hongnss  of  %  €anhfoxatt  States. 

STATUTE  I.— 1864. 

pag  a. 
Pay  and  allowances  due  the  late  Brigadier  General  L.  A.  Stafford.     An  Act  for  the  relief  the  widow 
and  heirs  of  the  late  Brigadier  General  Leroy  A.   Stafford  of  the  Confederate  army.     May 
19,  1864,  ch.  1, .'.     IT 

PRIVATE  RESOLUTIONS. 

[No.  1.]  Postmaster  General  authorized  to  increase  the  rent  of  Goddin's  Hall,  Richmond  city,  occupied 
by  the  Post-Offi.ce  Department.  Joint  resolution  for  the  relief  of  Wellington  Goddin.  June 
14,  1864 1? 

[No.  2.]  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  authorized  increase  the  rent  of  the  Monument  House,  Richmond  city, 
occupied  by  the  Treasury  Department.  Joint  resolution  for  the  relief  of  James  Lyons. 
Jane  14,  1864 li 


PRIVATE  ACTS  OF  THE  SECOND  CONGRESS 

OF   THE 

CONFEDERATE    STATES,] 


Passed  at  the  first  session,  which  was  begun  and  held  at  the  city  of 
Richmond,  in  the  State  of  Virginia,  on  Monday,  the  second  day  of 
May,  A.  D. ,  1864,  and  ended  on  Tuesday,  the  fourteenth  day  of 
June,  A.  D.,  1864. 

Jefferson  Davis,  President.  Alexander  H.  Stephens,  Vice- 
President,  and  President  of  the  Senate-  Thomas  S.  Bocock, 
Speaker  of  the  House  of  Representatives. 


Chap.  I. — An  Act  for  the  relief  of  the  widow  and  heirs  of  the  late  Brigadier  General      May  19,  1864, 
Leroy  A.  Stafford,  of  the   Confederate  States  army. 

The  Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  That     Pay  and  allow 
the  Treasurer  of  the  Confederate  States  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  »nces  due  the  late 
to  pay  to  Mrs.  Sarah  C.  Stafford,  widow  of  the  late  Brigadier  General  L.  L"^a  sufford^to 
A.  Stafford,  through  her  son,  George  W.  Stafford,  the  pay  and  allowances  be  paid  by  the 
still  due  her  late  husband,  any  law  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding.  Treasurer   to   his 

Approved  May  19,  1864.  . 


18  SECOND  CONGRESS.    Sess.  I.    Res.  1,  2.     1864. 


RESOLUTIONS. 


June  14, 1864.  [No.  1.] — Joint  resolution  for  the  relief  of  Wellington  Goddin. 


Postmaster  Gen-  Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  That 
erai  authorized  to  ^g  post,master  General  be  authorized,  if,  in  his  judgment,  he  deem  it  right 
of  "Goddin's and  proper,  to  increase  the  rent  of  "  Goddin's  Hall,"  now  occupied  by  the 
Hall,"  occup  i  e  d  Post-Office  Department,  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  to  such  amount  and  on 
by  the  Post-Office  sucfa  terms  and  conditions  as  he  may  deem  equitable  and  just,  said  increase 
to  date  from  the  time  the  rent  may  be  increased  by  the  Postmaster  General. 
Approved  June  14,  1864. 


Tune  14  1864  [No.  2.] — Joint  resolution  for  lite  relief  of  James  Lyons. 


Secretary  of  the  Resolved  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  That 
Treasury  author-  £j^  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized  to  raise  the 
rent  of  the  Monu-  ren*;  °^  ^he  Monument  House,  the  property  of  James  Lyons,  now  used  and 
ment  House,  occu-  occupied  by  the  Treasury  Department,  in  the  city  of  Richmond,  if,  in  his 
pied  by  the  Treas-  opinion,  it  be  reasonable  and  just  to  do  so ;  such  increased  rent  to  com- 
nry  epar  men  .  menC8  from  ^e  <jay  on  w]1ic}1  jt  may  be  so  increased  by  the  Secretary  of 
the  Treasury. 

Approved  June  14,  1864. 


